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Fontana, Lavinia: The Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria St. Catherine of Alexandria, detail from The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine by Filippino Lippi; in the Church of San Domenico, Bologna, Italy.
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Also Known As Saint Katherine
Died c.300 or 325 • Alexandria • Egypt

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Fontana, Lavinia: The Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria
St. Catherine of Alexandria, detail from The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine by Filippino Lippi; in the Church of San Domenico, Bologna, Italy.
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Christian theologian
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Egyptian theologian
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St. Cyril of Alexandria
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Macarius the Egyptian
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Valentinus
Gnostic philosopher
St. Pachomius
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Shenute
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Amyrtaeus of Sais
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St. Paul the Apostle
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