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Catherine of Alexandria
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Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine, was, according to tradition, a Christian virgin and martyr, who suffered martyrdom in the early 4th century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius. Acco
Caravaggio, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1598–99, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Caravaggio, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1598–99, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Icon of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with scenes from her martyrdom
Icon of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with scenes from her martyrdom
Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Artemisia Gentileschi, c. 1619
Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Artemisia Gentileschi, c. 1619
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherina by Anthony van Dyck, 1618-20.
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherina by Anthony van Dyck, 1618-20.
Hypatia
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Hypatia was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, at that time in the province of Egypt and a major city of the Roman Empire. In Alexandria, Hypatia was a
Catherine of Alexandria
…of Catherine was probably based on the life and murder of the virgin Saint Dorothea of Alexandria and according to some sources the Greek philosopher Hypatia, despite her death occurring 110 years later, with the reversed role of a Christian and neoplatonist being suggested in the case of the latter. On the…
Hypatia's father Theon of Alexandria is best known for having edited the existing text of Euclid's Elements, shown here in a ninth-century manuscript
Hypatia's father Theon of Alexandria is best known for having edited the existing text of Euclid's Elements, shown here in a ninth-century manuscript
Original Greek text of one of Synesius's seven extant letters to Hypatia from a 1553 printed edition
Original Greek text of one of Synesius's seven extant letters to Hypatia from a 1553 printed edition
Drawing from the Alexandrian World Chronicle depicting Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, gospel in hand, standing triumphantly atop the Serapeum in 391 A
Drawing from the Alexandrian World Chronicle depicting Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, gospel in hand, standing triumphantly atop the Serapeum in 391 AD
Illustration by Louis Figuier in Vies des savants illustres, depuis l'antiquité jusqu'au dix-neuvième siècle from 1866, representing the author's imag
Illustration by Louis Figuier in Vies des savants illustres, depuis l'antiquité jusqu'au dix-neuvième siècle from 1866, representing the author's imagining of what the assault against Hypatia might have looked like