Sainte Catherine, les midinettes devant la statue rue de Cléry

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Date: 25.11.1925.Statuya St. Catherine's, or rather St. Catherine, patroness of seamstresses, installed on the facade of a house at the intersection of Cleary and Puassonner. Unmarried girls over 25 years old, called in France katerinetkami (Catherinette), November 25, the day of this saint, strolling through the streets, be sure to stop at this statui.Skulptura Catherine of Alexandria is made of white stone. Left hand she holds on his chest, while the right hand holds a palm leaf - a sign of her martyrdom. The wheel, the instrument of her martyrdom, seen from the rear left nee.Sv. Katarina (aka Catherine) was born November 25 somewhere in the III century BC in the family of a wealthy nobleman of Alexandria. At birth, a girl named Dorothy. She had a rare beauty and intelligence, knew mathematics, philosophy, owned by the Greek, Latin and Aramaic.