Saint Catherine artwork

Saint Catherine: Before she was a Saint

She was born in 287 AD in Alexandria, Egypt

Saint Catherine's first name was believed to be Dorothea and that when she was christened, she got the name Aikaterena because it represented how pure she was.

Saint Catherine had no siblings and was the daughter of Constus, the Alexadrian Mayor

Strato of Lampsacus became the third head of Aristotles school, the Lyceum in 287 AD

Catherine was both a scholar and was believed to be a princess