Katerina wa Aleksandria

Katerina wa Aleksandria (kwa Kigiriki: Αἰκατερίνα ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς; 282-305 hivi) alikuwa bikira Mkristo wa Aleksandria, Misri, ambaye aliuawa kwa amri ya kaisari Maxentius mwanzoni mwa karne ya 4. 

Kadiri ya mapokeo, alikuwa wa ukoo maarufu tena msomi. 

Mwanamke aliyejaliwa akili kali, hekima na juhudi, kisha kuongokea Ukristo akiwa na umri wa miaka 14, aliongoza watu mia kadhaa kumfuata katika dini hiyo. 

Tangu alipofia dini anaheshimiwa na Wakristo wa madhehebu mbalimbali kama mtakatifu. 

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 24 Novemba au 25 Novemba.Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 147Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)http://catholicsaints.info/saint-catherine-of-alexandria/ 

Masalia yake yanaheshimiwa sana kwenye monasteri juu ya mlima Sinaihttps://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/79050. 

Picha

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

Marejeo ya Kiswahili
 Maurice Soseleje, Kalendari yetu – Maisha ya Watakatifu – Toleo la pili – ed. Benedictine Publications Ndanda Peramiho – Peramiho 1986 – ISBN 9976-63-112-X, uk. 90

Marejeo ya lugha nyingine
Allen, Prudence, The concept of woman: the Aristotelian revolution, 750 BC-AD 1250, 1997 (2nd edn.), Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8028-4270-1
 Walsh, Christine. The Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Early Medieval Europe, (Ashgate 2007)

Viungo vya nje

Passio sanctae Katharinae — 11th century (between 1033–1048); at Latin Wikisource
Details of Saint Catherine's life  — Saint Catherine Orthodox Church; includes a gallery of icons of the saint
St Catherine's church in Muhu island (Estonia) 
Representations of Saint Catherine 
St. Catherine of Alexandria at the Christian Iconography web site
"The Life of St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr" from the Caxton translation of the Golden Legend
Colonnade Statue St Peter's Square

Category:Waliozaliwa 282
Category:Waliofariki 305
Category:Mabikira
Category:Wafiadini Wakristo
Category:Watakatifu wa Misri