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Saint Catherine's spike wheel near the Misericórdia do Porto Museum (Rua das Flores, Porto)

Cátia Oliveira2022

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto
Porto, Portugal

Emperor Maximian ordered the death of Saint Catherine on the spiked wheel, an instrument of torture often used in martyrdoms. It is for this reason that we often see representations of this attribute of the Saint in Rua das Flores, one of them being next to the building of the Misericórdia do Porto Museum.

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  • Title: Saint Catherine's spike wheel near the Misericórdia do Porto Museum (Rua das Flores, Porto)
  • Creator: Cátia Oliveira
  • Date Created: 2022
  • Location Created: Porto, Portugal
Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto

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