St. Catherine of Alexandria

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

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🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th-century Christian martyr, was known for her intelligence, beauty, and steadfast faith. She boldly debated Emperor Maxentius and his scholars, converting many before being imprisoned and martyred for refusing to renounce Christianity. Venerated as the patroness of philosophers and scholars, her legacy inspires courage and devotion.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast on Catholic Saints.
0:05.0	This podcast is produced by the Augustine Institute, an Apostolate helping Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.
0:17.6	Welcome to Catholic Saints. My name is Mary, and I am joined here with Dr. Ariel Harms on another episode of Catholic Saints.
0:30.6	Thank you for joining us.
0:32.1	Thank you for having me, Mary.
0:33.6	You're welcome. We're going to talk about St. Catherine of Alexandria today, which I'm excited about. But first, I would like to know, as we've journeyed from the West to the Midwest, what's been a highlight?
0:47.0	Yeah, I'm really enjoying being back in the Midwest. It feels more homie to me. I grew up in the Midwest. Okay. So you boomeranged back.
0:54.7	Yeah.
0:55.0	It often happens.
0:56.4	Right.
0:56.8	Yeah.
0:56.9	The boomerang went a few different ways.
0:59.1	But I'm back in the Midwest now.
1:00.9	And it's good to be here.
1:02.2	I especially like the people.
1:05.6	Yeah.
1:05.9	They just are friendly and helpful.
1:08.6	Right.
1:08.9	So kind. friendly and helpful, right? Like you don't usually, at least the other places that I lived,
1:13.5	think about having conversations in the grocery store or with your neighbors necessarily, right?
1:19.9	But here you definitely do. So. Agreed. Yes. Usually you're guards up sometimes when you're talking to strangers, but in the Midwest, you remember, these people are so kind and so good.
1:33.6	Right. Very friendly. Very helpful. For those who don't know, the Augustine's 2 has purchased a beautiful campus in a town named Florissant, Missouri, which is pretty close to St. Louis. So we are
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