St. Catherine of Alexandria (287-305) was a Christian martyr beheaded in Egypt who is patroness of students, unmarried girls and apologists. Her feast day is Nov. 25.

Today, St. Catherine of Alexandria is more appropriately known as the namesake of a monastery at Mount Sinai that claims to be the oldest in the world. Subscribe to our daily newsletter.

After six years of a collaborative arrangement between two Catholic churches, St. Catherine of Alexandria in Westford and St. Anne in Littleton, the two have officially merged. As of Jan. 1, the ch… ...

Midlothian St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 14700 Kildare Ave.: Celebration of 50th anniversary of the merger that formed the church on June 11. A festival worship service is at 10 a.m. followed by a m… ...

The Miniature Altar of St. Catherine is a small devotional altar, only 5.9 inches tall, that depicts St. Catherine of Alexandria. The portable boxwood altar with a small carved depiction of the saint ...

Historical records from 1945 -- the year of VE Day-- showed that the soldiers had murdered seven nuns from the order of St. Catherine of Alexandria.

The trial transcript for the condemnation of St. Joan of Arc mentions St. Margaret more than 120 times. She’s usually paired with St. Catherine, and sometimes St. Michael.

St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church, 10621 S. Kedvale Ave.: 13th annual Charge On 5k Run/Walk on Aug. 17. The event begins at 8 a.m. Participants run through the neighborhood around the ...

At St Paul basilica and collegiate parish church, Rabat, the fourth altar on the left of the central nave, built by the noble Cosmana Navarra in 1683, is dedicated to St John the Evangelist.