Catherine of Alexandria Rose Tree This image was painted with

This image was  painted with acrylics and colored pencils

" (From the Order of Saint Benedict's Page on the Jubilee Medal of St Benedict)

With or without chains

also known as "the Little Flower

the penitent

Catherine of Alexandria Rose Tree This image was painted withSt Catherine of Alexandria Catherine of Alexandria was a princess, the daughter of the governor of Alexandrian Egypt, Constas, during the reign of the emperor Maxentius (306 312). She came to the faith at age fourteen after seeing a vision of Christ, and she converted hundreds of people by her fervor. She denounced Maxentius in person for his persecution of Christians, and she contended with his scholars, being a scholar herself. She won converts in