Saint Catherine through the Lens of Feminism?

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  • Carmelo Nicolò Benvenuto Università della Basilicata

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https://doi.org/10.7203/SPhV.26.29401

Abstract

Saint Catherine of Alexandria has been defined by modern scholarship as a “Ghost Saint”, for her possible identification of the hagiographical figure as a hypostasis of the Late-Antique philosopher, Hypatia of Alexandria. Since Hypatia herself has been often interpreted as a “feminist” or “proto-feminist” icon, one could wonder if and to what extent a Female Studies’ perspective would be useful to let modern scholars understand Catherine’s figure in herself. The aim of this paper will be to propose some possible interpretations of Saint Catherine’s functions through the lens of Female Studies, trying to disentangle in a diachronic approach some of the most significant moments of her literary and erudite representation, focusing in particular on the key-moment of its early modern reception.

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Published

2025-01-15

How to Cite

Benvenuto, C. N. (2025). Saint Catherine through the Lens of Feminism?. Studia Philologica Valentina, (26), 105–118. https://doi.org/10.7203/SPhV.26.29401
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