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Re: Patron Saint for archivists
The matter of St. Catherine has always interested me.
She is the "literary" re-incarnation of Hypatia, the first
famous female scholar/teacher, daughter of Theron, last of the big-name
mathematicians at the Museum (mousiaon) in Alexandria. She
taught mathematics and philosophy in Alexandria to both pagan and
Christian students until she was murdered by a Christian mob in 415
C.E. As one source puts it, the death of Hypatia marked the end of
an age of reason and the beginning of an age of faith. "St.
Catherine" became a substitute figure, one who was, of course, a
Christian, and was put to death by pagans.
Mike
J. Michael Pemberton, Ph.D., CRM,
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Professor, School of Information
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