Legend of Saint Catherine of Se Cathedral
Catherine was a lady who was considered as a Christian Saint according to their tradition, and she was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan Emperor Maxentius. It is definite that she was both a princess and a scholar and who became a Christian at around the age of 14 and also she had converted hundreds of people to Christianity, and was martyred around the age of 18.
Saint Catherine was known as a spiritual pathfinder and raised her voice against the oppression of the Christians people under the rule of Roman emperor Maxentius. She was as strong as logical with her arguments that the king himself was incapable of countering them and so at last he formed a committee of 50 philosophers to debate her ideas.
Aftermath even the assembly conceded defeat in front of her and confessed that Christianity was their belief. Out of anger the king burnt the philosophers alive and sent st.catherine to prison. Saint Catherine did not give up, and she succeeded in converting not only the jailers but also the king's wife. It is believed that she had shown the path of Christianity to more than 200 people. Even when she was facing the worst problem in her life, she was continuing to stretch the word of Jesus.
Saint was honoured with the title of"patroness of the wheel-wrights' ' because it is also believed that when she was fastened with a spiked wheel as it was mentioned in Saint's death sentence the wheel broke and she was left uninjured. And when she was finally beheaded, it is said that Angle took her remains and laid them to rest atop Mount Sinai.
When you are able to visit the Se Cathedral you can witness Saint Catherine wearing various types of ornaments- a crown portraying her royal birth and she has a book in her hands, which signifies that she has the sound knowledge as she points to a spiked wheel which reveals her martyrdom.
