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Queen Catherine as Saint Catherine

Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland, as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, painted by Jacob Huysmans in 1664. Today is her 386th birthday. Source.

Katharina von Bora by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Katharina von Bora was born on this date in 1499. She married Martin Luther in 1525. Source.

Pubs Named "The Catherine Wheel"

The Catherine Wheel, Newbury, Berkshire. Source.

The Catherine Wheel, Bibury, Gloucestershire. Source.

The Catherine Wheel, Norwich. Source.

The Catherine Wheel, Kensington. Source.

The Catherine Wheel, Henley-on-Thames. Source.

Katharina Merian

Portrait of Katharina Merian by Hans Brosamer. Source.

Czech Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, painted in the soft style by Master Theodoric in the mid-14th century for Emperor Charles IV's chapel in Karlštejn Castle. She's now at the National Gallery in Prague. Source.

Saint Catherine in the Nuremberg Chronicle

Some People Who Lived From 1867 to 1945

Self-portrait by Käthe Kollwitz. Source.

Erland Koch, marksman (January 3rd, 1867 to April 29th, 1945)

Vikenty Vikentyevich Veresaev, writer (January 16th, 1867 to June 3rd, 1945)

Herbert Bedford, composer (January 23rd, 1867 to March 13th, 1945)

Eldridge R. Johnson, inventor (February 6th, 1867 to November 14th, 1945)

Charles W. Bryan, politician (February 10th, 1867 to March 4th, 1945)

Federico Patetta, historian (February 16th, 1867 to October 28th, 1945)

Abel Faivre, illustrator (March 30th, 1867 to August 13th, 1945)

Joseph Bidez, philologist (April 9th, 1867 to September 20th, 1945)

William de Lacy Aherne, architect (April 17th, 1867 to December 4th, 1945)

Giuseppe Alessi, chess master (May 15th, 1867 to March 18th, 1945)

Eoin MacNeill, politician (May 15th, 1867 to October 15th, 1945)

Jean-Baptiste Lemire, composer (June 8th, 1867 to March 2nd, 1945)

Charles Fabry, physicist (June 11th, 1867 to December 11th, 1945)

Käthe Kollwitz, artist (July 8th, 1867 to April 22nd,1945)

Karl Aschoff, pharmacist (July 12th, 1867 to July 19th, 1945)

Richard Leutheußer, politician (July 16th, 1867 to April 12th, 1945)

Salvatore Contarini, diplomat (August 6th, 1867 to September 17th, 1945)

Shin Hirayama, astronomer (September 9th, 1867 to June 2nd, 1945)

Maud Diver, writer (September 9th, 1867 to October 14th, 1945)

Herbert L. Clarke, cornetist (September 12th, 1867 to January 30th, 1945)

Anna Paues, philologist (September 26th, 1867 to September 2nd, 1945)

Anna Dodge, actress (October 18th, 1867 to May 4th, 1945)

Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie, politician (October 19th, 1867 to November 1st, 1945)

Gian Carlo Messa, jurist (October 29th, 1867 to September 16th, 1945)

Richard Karutz, ethnologist (November 2nd, 1867 to February 10th, 1945)

Heinrich Bulle, archaeologist (December 11th, 1867 to April 6th, 1945)

Anna Schieber, writer (December 12th, 1867, to August 7th, 1945)

John Livingston Lowes, literary critic (December 20th, 1867 to August 15th, 1945)

Tire de la Sainte-Catherine

In Quebec they pull taffy on Saint Catherine's Day. Source.

Artemisia Gentileschi as Saint Catherine

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