A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Catherine
CATHERINE, (canonized) a Virgin and Martyr of Alexandria, in the Persecution under Maximin, illustrious for her Learning, Eloquence, and Piety.
There are two other Catherines distinguished by the same qualities: one of Sienna, who died in 1380; and the other of Bologna, died 1463, who wrote many religious works in Latin and Italian.
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