According to The Traditional narrative, Catherine was The Beautiful Daughter of The Pagan King Costus and Queen Sabinella, Who governed. Alexandria . Her left superior Intelligence Combined with Diligent Study Well-versed in all The exceedingly Her. Arts and Sciences , and in philosophy . Having Decided to remain a virgin all Her Life, announced that SHE SHE would only surpassed Who Marry someone in Her Beauty, Intelligence, Wealth, and Dignity. As this has been interpreted Discovery of an Early foreshadowing of Her Eventual. Christ . "His Beauty was more Radiant than The shining of The Sun, His Wisdom governed all Creation, His riches were spread throughout all The World.". [1] Though raised a Pagan, SHE Became an ardent Christian in Her TEENAGE years, having Received a. Vision in which The Blessed Virgin Mary Gave Her to Christ in Mystical Marriage .
As a Young Adult, SHE Her Contemporary visited, The. Roman Emperor Maxentius , and attempted to convince The moral of Error in persecuting Him. Christians for Not worshiping idols . The Emperor arranged for a PLETHORA of The best. Pagan philosophers and orators to dispute with Her, hoping that they would refute Her Pro-Christian arguments, but Catherine Won The debate. Several of Her adversaries, conquered by Her Eloquence, declared themselves Christians and were at once Put to Death. [6]