Catherine of Palma (1531–1574, born Caterina Tomàs i Gallard ) was a Spanish canon and mystic from Mallorca . She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and her feast day is commonly celebrated on 5 April although in her home town of Valldemossa she is remembered on the 27 and 28 of July.
18-613: Santa Catalina may refer to: Catalina Thomás (1533–1574), Spanish saint and patron saint of Mallorca Places [ edit ] Argentina [ edit ] Santa Catalina Department , a department of Argentina Santa Catalina, Jujuy , capital of the department Santa Catalina, Córdoba , a settlement in Río Cuarto Department Colombia [ edit ] Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands ,
36-495: A Spanish Franciscan mission and town in Spanish Florida from 1602 to 1702 Others [ edit ] Santa Catalina (Solomon Islands) , an island Santa Catalina, Uruguay Other uses [ edit ] " 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) ", a 1958 song by The Four Preps SS Santa Catalina See also [ edit ] Santa Catarina (disambiguation) St. Catherine (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
54-431: A marble sarcophagus, in the convent of St Mary Magdalene, Palma. After her death she was celebrated locally as a saint for half a century until a decree of Pope Urban VII forbade the veneration of unrecognised saints. Local people, among them the bishop Antonio Despuig y Dameto , appealed to Rome and eventually she was beatified on 12 August 1792 by Pope Pius VI and canonised on 22 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI . She
72-657: A municipality Santa Catalina Island (Colombia) Santa Catalina, Bolívar Dominican Republic [ edit ] Catalina Island (Dominican Republic) , south of La Romana Guatemala [ edit ] Santa Catalina la Tinta , Alta Verapaz Mexico [ edit ] Isla Santa Catalina , Gulf of California, Baja California Sur Santa Catalina Quieri , Oaxaca Panama [ edit ] Santa Catalina, Panama , Pacific coast of Veraguas Peru [ edit ] Santa Catalina de Mossa District , Morropon Province, Piura Santa Catalina District , Luya Province, Amazonas Santa Catalina, Lima ,
90-691: A neighborhood in La Victoria District, Lima Santa Catalina, a traditional neighbourhood of Barrios Altos , where the following are located: Church of Saint Catherine of Siena Fort of Santa Catalina, Lima , a colonial fort in Lima Philippines [ edit ] Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental Santa Catalina, San Pablo City Spain [ edit ] Castle of Santa Catalina (Cádiz) Castle of Santa Catalina (Jaén) Castillo de Santa Catalina (La Palma) Isla de Santa Catalina , off
108-572: A royal decree of 31 January 1562. Thus it obtained the double title of a pontifical and a royal university. Political and educational changes, as well as the lack of economic resources it fell into decline from 1751. Examinations were suspended between 30 October 1770 and 1 December 1778. The university resumed with great intellectual splendour, but during the Peninsular War it closed again on 5 August 1807. Although it reopened on 7 October 1814, no studies or professorships were normalised. There
126-455: Is commemorated on 1 April, and on 27 and 28 July in her home town of Valldemossa. The house in Valldemossa where she was born, Carrer Rectoria 5, has become a shrine, and many houses in the village bear a plaque in her honour. The only writings of her that remain are two letters to the priest Vicente Mas and there are some Mallorquín folk songs about her life. She is considered as one of
144-416: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Catalina Thom%C3%A1s Catalina was born 1 May 1531 at Valldemossa , Mallorca , Spain, in a peasant family as the sixth of seven children. She was named after her maternal grandmother and the saint Catherine of Alexandria who was especially venerated by the family. As Catalina's parents died while she
162-435: Is now held every year in the town using the university's name. The building is square, and is structured around a large courtyard with columns. Works started in the year 1541 and were completed in 1549; various reforms were carried out by Bernasconi in 1779. The façade is in the plateresque style. It has two large columns that are decorated with grotesques and figures in relief at their base, while they appear grooved on
180-847: The patron saints of Mallorca, along with Sebastian , Alphonsus Rodriguez and the Virgen de Lluc of the Santuari de Lluc . Spellings of her names found in sources include Catalina, Caterina, Cathalina and Catherine, and Thomas, Thomás, Tomas, Tomàs Gallard, and Tomàs i Gallard. She is also called Sor Tomassa or Sor Tomaseta ( sor meaning sister in Catalan ). Breve Compendio de la Vida de la Beata Catalina Tomás y Gallard . Retrieved 5 November 2023 . University of Santa Catalina The Pontifical and Royal University of St. Catherine or University of Osma (Spanish Pontificia y Real Universidad de Santa Catalina or Universidad de Osma )
198-589: The Canonesses of St Augustine at the convent of St Mary Magdalene in Palma on 13 November 1552. She became renown for her sanctity and was esteemed for her advice both by important people like bishops as well as the poor. According to legend, she was visited by devils and angels, and went into ecstasy for the last years of her life. She died 5 April 1574 at Palma , Mallorca, of natural causes. As of 1904 her hat, thimble, and other relics were kept, and her body preserved in
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#1732851453528216-800: The Península de Almina in Ceuta Botanical Garden of Santa Catalina , Trespuentes, Álava province, Basque Country Santa Catalina, Valencia , a Catholic church in Valencia University of Santa Catalina in El Burgo de Osma, Castilla and Leon United States [ edit ] Gulf of Santa Catalina Santa Catalina Island (California) Santa Catalina Mountains , north of Tucson, Arizona Santa Catalina School , Monterey, California Santa Catalina Palace, also known as La Fortaleza , San Juan, Puerto Rico Santa Catalina de Guale ,
234-542: The ideas her family had for her, leading to some years of tribulation in which some saints, including Bruno of Cologne , Catherine of Alexandria and Anthony the Abbot , appeared and comforted her. Finally, with the help of Antonio Castañeda, a famous hermit who had been a soldier in the army of Charles V , she was able to leave her family in 1550 and took up work at the Zaforteza Tagamanent family in Palma before joining
252-464: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Santa Catalina . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa_Catalina&oldid=1225840962 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
270-421: The top. On the lintel that frames the main door, the niche between columns contains the image of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, flanked by two coats of arms of Bishop Acosta. A triangular pediment crowns this second body. Above this is the imperial coat of arms of Philip II, from the later period. Inside it has a square Renaissance courtyard with two floors connected by a monumental staircase. The central courtyard
288-560: Was another closure between 19 November 1833 and 1 October 1839, when the university was considered a centre of political turmoil. It was moved to Soria until its final closure during the academic year 1841-1842 after El Burgo de Osma had supported the losing side in the First Carlist War . The building later became a secondary school, a prison, a vocational institute, and is now the Hotel Termal Burgo de Osma . A summer school
306-715: Was founded in 1550 by the Portuguese bishop Pedro Alvarez de Acosta in El Burgo de Osma in Spain . It was closed in 1841. The building that housed the university is now a hotel. The university was founded in 1541 by the Bishop of Osma, Pedro Alvarez de Acosta (1539-1563), with faculties of arts, canon law, medicine and theology; it was authorised on 5 August 1550 by a canonical bull of Pope Julius III , and dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria . Philip II of Spain took it under his protection by
324-503: Was still a young child, she spent her early formative years with her grandparents close to the Valldemossa Charterhouse before, at the age of ten, moving in with relatives who were owners of the estate of Son Gallard in 1541. Here she helped the workers on the fields and tended to the flock which is why she is also often depicted as a young farmer. Catalina's spirituality and her growing desire for religious life clashed with
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