Saint Catherine of Alexandria (died ca. 310), a virgin martyr of Alexandria. According to legend, she rebuked the emperor for persecuting the Christians and, though only eighteen, converted a number of the learned philosophers he assembled to dispute with her. When the spiked wheel on which she was then sentenced to die broke in pieces, she was beheaded. The legend contends that her body was carried away by angels. See also martyr in this glossary.—EM-3 Approved Film Glossary