Are we talking Catherine of Alexandria... Feast day..25th November.. or perhaps..Catherine of Siena...Feast day.. "9th April..
Bit gory this... The Catherine Wheel consisted of a large wooden wagon wheel which had several radial spokes... A condemned person was lashed to the wheel and a club or iron cudgel was used to beat their limbs... The victim's body, after his death, could also be displayed on the wheel... There..roll on November the 5th..! :).
One could of course ask what was the point of any Saint. I must say that Sue in Suffolk keeps me up to date nicely on the Saints, otherwise I would be totally inorant of who we celebrate on which day. And really should we 'celebrate' a person who was put to death on a wheel? Questions like this do contribute to my being a Humanist.
Is she? I have visited her shrine. They chopped her up into little pieces and spread her around the church. As far as I can tell she was a mad woman who interrupted the services with her ranting.
Try again Willie... Ah! Ah! St Catherine is a medieval lighthouse on the southern coast of the Isle of Wight... And is known locally as the "Pepperpot" because of its likeness... It is Britain's only surviving medieval lighthouse, and no longer in operation..l expect someone 'nicked' the candle..! :).
She broke the wheel
ReplyDeleteI thought the wheel broke her.
DeleteAre we talking Catherine of Alexandria...
ReplyDeleteFeast day..25th November..
or perhaps..Catherine of Siena...Feast day..
"9th April..
Bit gory this...
The Catherine Wheel consisted of a large wooden
wagon wheel which had several radial spokes...
A condemned person was lashed to the wheel and
a club or iron cudgel was used to beat their limbs...
The victim's body, after his death, could also be
displayed on the wheel...
There..roll on November the 5th..! :).
One could of course ask what was the point of any Saint. I must say that Sue in Suffolk keeps me up to date nicely on the Saints, otherwise I would be totally inorant of who we celebrate on which day. And really should we 'celebrate' a person who was put to death on a wheel? Questions like this do contribute to my being a Humanist.
ReplyDeleteSaints have to die somehow, and martyrs seem to do better in the saint stakes.
DeleteIt's why they were put to death that we celebrate saints!
DeleteOr Catherine of Sienna, the Patron Saint against bodily ills?
ReplyDeleteIs she? I have visited her shrine. They chopped her up into little pieces and spread her around the church. As far as I can tell she was a mad woman who interrupted the services with her ranting.
DeleteMaybe it is a direct parallel to the situation we find ourselves in - continuous torture?
ReplyDeleteIt is like torture, isn't it?
DeleteFalling more slowly...
ReplyDeleteNew low expected Wight
ReplyDeleteLow Dogger.
Cheat.
DeleteTry again Willie...
ReplyDeleteAh! Ah! St Catherine is a medieval lighthouse on
the southern coast of the Isle of Wight...
And is known locally as the "Pepperpot" because of
its likeness...
It is Britain's only surviving medieval lighthouse,
and no longer in operation..l expect someone 'nicked'
the candle..! :).
Yeah! Nice one Tom..!
You win the prize (with a little help from Rachel...) on your second guess. You know more about it than I did - I didn't realise how old it was.
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