Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr - Essay relates her story. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language. Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Catherine of Alexandria - Article on the virgin and martyr. In the Middle Ages, one of the most popular saints. Although her alleged "acts" are untrustworthy in the extreme, there is no reason to doubt her existence. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin, Martyr - From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley. Catholic Online: St. Catherine of Alexandria - Short, pious account of the life of this saint. A Saint a Day: St. Catherine of Alexandria - The story of this brave martyr. Suitable for children. CatholicSaints.Info: Catherine of Alexandria - Illustrated profile. Saint Catherine Tended by Angels - Miniature from a fifteenth-century French book of hours.