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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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THE HOLY FAMILY AND ST. CATHARINE.By Luca di Signorelli, 1441-1523. In the Pitti Palace at Florence. baptized she urgently besought her mother to take her at once with-out delay to the godly hermit, and her request was complied with. When they had come together to the hermitage the mother toldAnanias privately the vision as related above. The pious hermit,suddenly enlightened by our Lord Jesus Christ, called Catharineand her mother and said to them. The Emperor whom you haveseen was our Saviour Jesus Christ and the Queen was his mother. 670 THE OPEN COURT. the glorious \ irgin Mary. The hosts which you saw with themwere their companions, the angels and saints of Paradise. The godly hermit added that if Catharine wished for herbridegroom this Heavenly King whom she saw in her vision, shemust needs become a Christian.
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THE HOLY FAMILY AND ST. CATHARINE.By Giacobo Francia.The story tells how Catharine became a pious Christian andreceived baptism at the hands of Ananias, after which follows an ac-innnt (if the mvstic inarriam. ST. CATlIAKIXli OF ALEXAXURIA. 67I Once, when St. Catharine was praying fervently in herchamber, Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, appeared before her,clad in fine apparel and accompanied by a great throng of angelsand saints. As testimony that he accepted St. Catharine for hisbride he placed a real ring upon her finger and promised to performgreat things for her if she would remain faithful in her love, andwhen our Lord Jesus Christ had disappeared she knew at once thatvision was to be understood in a spiritual sense. She was com-pletely converted to a great divine love and reverent tendernesstoward Jesus Christ, her spouse. From this time forth she oftenreceived great tasks of consolation from him, and in order that shemight take comfort in him more fully she consecrated all he

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