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Ss. Tryphon and Companions, St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, St. Catherine of Alexandria, and the Vigil of St. Andrew. This completes the pre-1955-but-post-1617 sanctoral pass: 43 saints authored across the year, 9 confirmed Common-only with nothing to source (see TODO.md). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and
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# Martyr (Nov 25) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/11-25*.txt at
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# all). web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-25.txt,
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# English/Sancti/11-25.txt. Lectio4-6 is this saint's own proper text,
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# one continuous vita account, no internal break, combined into a single
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# reading; Lectio7-9 (not present in this file, implicitly Common)
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# skipped. No responsory given.
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id: st-catherine
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readings:
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- nocturn: 2
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isGospel: false
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text:
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la: >-
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Catharina, nobilis virgo Alexandrina, a prima ætate stúdia liberalium artium cum fidei
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ardore conjungens, brevi ad eam sanctitátis et doctrinæ perfectiónem pervenit, ut, decem et
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octo annos nata, eruditíssimum quemque superaret. Quæ cum Maximíni jussu multos, propter
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christianæ religiónis professiónem varie tormentis cruciatos, ad supplícium rapi vidéret, non
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dubitanter ipsum adiit Maximinum, eique nefariam immanitátem objíciens, sapientíssimis
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ratiónibus Christi fidem ad salútem necessariam esse affirmavit.
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Cujus prudéntiam Maximinus admiratus, retineri eam jubet, accersitis undique doctíssimis
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homínibus, magnisque propositis præmiis, qui convictam Catharinam a Christi fide ad idolórum
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cultum perduxissent. Quod contra áccidit. Nam plures philosophi, qui ad eam coarguéndam
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convenerant, vi ac subtilitate ejus disputatiónis tanto Jesu Christi amóre sunt incénsi, ut
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pro illo mori non dubitaverint. Quam ob rem Maximinus blanditiis ac promissis Catharinam de
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senténtia dedúcere aggréditur; verum, id frustra fíeri intélligens, verbéribus affectam
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plumbátisque contusam, dies undecim sine cibo ac potu inclusam tenet in carcere.
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Quo témpore Maximíni uxor et Porphyrius belli dux, visendæ Vírginis causa carcerem ingressi,
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et ejusdem prædicatióne in Jesum Christum credéntes, póstea martyrio coronáti sunt. Interim
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Catharina edúcitur e custódia; et rota expedítur, crebris et acutis præfixa gládiis, ut
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Vírginis corpus crudelíssime dilacerarétur. Quæ máchina, brevi Catharinæ oratióne, confracta
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est; eoque miraculo multi Christi fidem suscepérunt. Ipse Maximinus, in impietáte et
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crudelitate obstinatior, Catharinam secúri pércuti imperat. Quæ, fortiter dato cápite, ad
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duplicátum virginitátis et martyrii præmium evolávit septimo Kalendas Decembris; cujus corpus
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ab Angelis in Sina, Arábiæ monte, mirabíliter collocátum est.
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en: >-
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This Catharine was a noble maiden of Alexandria, who from her earliest years joined the
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study of the liberal arts with fervent faith, and in a short while came to such an height of
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holiness and learning, that when she was eighteen years of age she prevailed over the
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chiefest wits. When she saw many diversely tormented and haled to death by command of
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Maximin, because they professed the Christian religion, she went boldly unto him and rebuked
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him for his savage cruelty, bringing forward likewise most sage reasons why the faith of
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Christ should be needful for salvation.
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Maximin marvelled at her wisdom, and bade keep her, while he gathered together the most
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learned men from all quarters and offered them great rewards if they would confute Catharine
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and bring her from believing in Christ to worship idols. But the event fell contrariwise, for
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many of the philosophers who had come to dispute with her were overcome by the force and
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skill of her reasoning, so that the love of Christ Jesus was kindled in them, and they were
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content even to die for His sake. Then did Maximin strive to beguile Catharine with fair
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words and promises, and when he found it was lost pains, he caused her to be beaten, and
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bruised with lead-laden whips, and so cast into prison, and neither meat nor drink given to
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her for the space of eleven days.
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At that time Maximin's wife and Porphyry the Captain of his host, went to the prison to see
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the damsel, and at her preaching believed in Jesus Christ, and were afterwards crowned with
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martyrdom. Then was Catharine brought out of ward, and a wheel was set, wherein were fastened
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many and sharp blades, so that her virgin body might thereby be most direfully cut and torn
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in pieces, but in a little while, as Catharine prayed, this machine was broken in pieces, at
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the which marvel many believed in Christ. But Maximin was hardened in his godlessness and
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cruelty, and commanded to behead Catharine. She bravely offered her neck to the stroke and
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passed away hence to receive the twain crowns of maidenhood and martyrdom, upon the 25th day
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of November. Her body was marvelously laid by angels upon Mount Sinai in Arabia.
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status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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