Transcript
A (0:02)
You're listening to a podcast on Catholic Saints. This podcast is produced by the Augustine Institute, an apostolate helping Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.
B (0:22)
Welcome to you, Catholic Saints. My name is Mary, and I am joined here with Dr. Arielle Harms on another episode of Catholic Saints. Thank you for joining us.
A (0:32)
Thank you for having me, Mary.
B (0:33)
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.
A (0:46)
Yeah, I'm really enjoying being back in the Midwest. It feels more homey to me. I grew up in the Midwest.
B (0:52)
Okay. You boomeranged back.
A (0:54)
Yeah.
B (0:55)
It often happens, right?
A (0:56)
Yeah, the boomerang went a few different ways. But I'm back in the Midwest now and it's good to be here. Especially like the people, they just are friendly and helpful.
B (1:08)
So kind.
A (1:09)
Right. Like, you don't usually, at least the other places that I lived, think about having conversations in the grocery store or with your neighbors, necessarily. Right. But here's true here, you definitely do.
B (1:23)
So agreed. Yes. Usually your guard's up sometimes when you're talking to strangers, but in the Midwest, you remember, these people are so kind and so good.
A (1:33)
Right. Very friendly.
B (1:34)
Very friendly, very helpful. For those who don't know, the August Institute has purchased a beautiful campus in a town named Florissant, Missouri, which is pretty close to St. Louis. So we are entering into the fall winter months and really enjoying the kind people. So this podcast is going to dive into the life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and would love to start with, what do we know about her life? Where did she come from? A brief biography.
A (2:04)
Yeah. So we don't know a ton, like, of specific details about St. Catherine of Alexandria because she lived around the early 4th century. So we don't know exactly when she was born or exactly what year she died, but she was born in Alexandria, Egypt, as you might have guessed by her title, of Alexandria. Right. Lived in the early 4th century. Probably died in the early 4th century. She wasn't very old when she died, and she was the daughter of Konstos, governor of Alexandria, who was governor under the reign of the emperor Maximian. And at that time, Alexandria was a center of Greek culture. And she, because of that, was able to receive an excellent education, philosophy, rhetoric, all the different areas that she could be educated in. She was, and she excelled. She was very, very smart young woman. Because of her beauty, wealth, and education, she was sought after in Marriage. But she actually wanted to marry someone who surpassed her in nobility, wealth, beauty and wisdom.