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Title: The Open court
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 Open Court Publishing company, Chicago
Subjects: Religion Religion and science
Publisher: Chicago : The Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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o the incidents mentioned above it contains the storyof the mystic marriage of St. Catharine to the Saviour which,however, is believed to have been derived from an older source. Marius Sepet tells us of the marriage of King Costus withQueen Sabinella and the birth of their daughter, Catharine, whofrom a tender age was most carefully eduatcd in all the arts andsciences. She distinguished herself in all virtues, especially inwisdom and moral purity. King Costus died, and Queen Sabinellaretired to Mount Ararat where she was converted to Christianityby Ananias, a godly hermit. When she tried to induce her daughterto adopt the new faith she defended paganism with all the argumentsof profane science, and her mother was unable to convince her. Catharine had scarcely reached her eighteenth year when thegrandees of the empire sought her hand in marriage and her motherwas anxious to have her choose a good husband who would be aworthy leader and could protect the kingdom against all its enemies.
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By Andrea del Sarto. 1486-1531- I the Cathedral at Pisa. 668 iMK (»fm:.\ coriM. But Catharine refused all suitors and said: Bring nie a bridegroomwho is as learned, as beautiful, as noble, as rich,—in short, is ofequal rank with me, and I am ready to accept him for my husband.The story continues in the modernized version of M. Sepet as fol-lows : One evening when mother and daughter lay sleeping together,the Queen of Heaven, the glorious \*irgin Mary, appeared to themsurrounded by a great host of patriarchs, prophets, apostles, mar-tyrs, confessors, virgins, and many other saints, all of whom shonein radiant beauty. The Virgin Mary approached St. Catharine andsaid to her: Look, my daughter! all these are kings, and indeed the great-est in the kingdom of my Son, the Emperor of Glory. I know thatthou art still unwedded. If thou wouldst have any one of thesefor a bridegroom choose the one which best pleases thee and T willbring it about that thy desire shall be fulfilled! But St. Cath

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