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Catherine is a woman's name, derived from a Greek word (katharos) meaning "pure".Alternate forms include:
- Catalina
- Cate
- Catharine
- Cathy
- Ekaterina
- Katherine
- Kathryn
- Katrina
- Kathleen
- Kate
- Kitty
A number of famous women have had this name:
- St. Catherine of Siena, who was one of only three female Doctors of the (Catholic) Church, is a patron saint of young girls, students, nurses, firefighters, and Italy.
- Catherine HowardCatherine Howard ( 1520? February 13, 1542) was the fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England 1540- 1542, sometimes known as "the rose without a thorn. She was born between 1520 and 1525, maybe 1521, probably in London, the daughter of Lord Edmund Howa was the fifth wife of Henry VIII, king of England.
- Catherine ParrCatherine Parr (about 1512 September 7, 1548) , also spelled Katharine was the Queen Consort of Henry VIII of England 1543- 1547; the last wife of his six. She has a special place in history as the most married queen of England, having had four husbands i was the sixth wife of Henry VIII, king of England.
- Catherine LabouréCatherine Labour ( May 2, 1806 December 31, 1876) was born at Fain-les-Moutiers, Burgundy, France to a farmer by the name of Pierre Laboure and his Christian wife. When Catherine was nine years old, her mother died on October 9, 1815. Pierre's sister sugg, a subject of a Marian apparition
- CatherineCatherine was a Quebec sitcom that aired on the SRC from 1999 to 2003. It tells the story of Catherine ( Sylvie Moreau), a sexy, epicurean, man-crazy Montrealer in her thirties working at the advertising agency Mirage-Image as well as the story of her bes was a Quebec television sitcom.
- Catherine, also Katran, is a fictional character from the Myst novels and games.
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