Santa Catarina

Catherine ( with spelling variations ) the name of several saints:

  • Catherine of Alexandria ( 3rd or 4th century ), one of the 14 Holy Helpers
  • Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463), Italian monastery founder, mystic and painter
  • Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510), Italian mystic
  • Catherine of Sweden (1331-1381), abbess of the monastery of Vadstena
  • Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Italian mystic, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
  • Catherine Labouré (1806-1876), Roman Catholic nun
  • Caterina de ' Ricci (1522-1590), Florentine Dominican and mystic
  • Catalina Tomás (1531-1574)
  • Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680), Canadian Indian and Virgin

Catherine is the name of female Seliger:

  • Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824), a nun in the Augustinian Order, Virgin and mystic
  • Katarina Kosača - Kotromanić (1424-1478), Bosnian Queen

See also:

  • St. Catherine's Church, smorgasbord of churches of the saints
  • Monastery of St. Catherine, various monasteries
  • St. Katherine
  • Disambiguation
Fourteen Holy Helpers Catherine of Vadstena
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