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<p>**This episode contains graphic references to genitalia**</p><br><p>Did you know that the Catherine Wheel firework takes its inspiration from St. Catherine of Alexandria? How did a 4th-century noblewoman convert fifty of the empire's greatest philosophers to Christianity before they were executed alongside her?</p><br><p>Dr. Eleanor Janega is once again joined by historian and storyteller Amy Jeffs, this time to uncover the fascinating stories of medieval saints connected to the autumn. In addition to St. Catherine, there's St. Martin of Tours who achieved sanctity through charity and humility rather than martyrdom, and St. Ursula, the British princess who led an impossible pilgrimage that ended in mass martyrdom at Cologne, and produced an "ocean of relics" that flooded European churches and captured imaginations across the continent.</p><br><p><strong>More:</strong></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qE4PMQwQCPu7VTnJD3tL0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>St. Christopher & Summertime Saints</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jtOYqCQAq2AIK23n0gJy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>St. George & Springtime Saints</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7i4V3LuC73ZezCgtBAlGQ4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Edward the Confessor & New Year Saints</strong></a></p><br><p>Gone Medieval is presented by Dr. Eleanor Janega. The narrator is Sophie Gee. This episode is edited and produced by Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music used is courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Gone Medieval is a History Hit podcast.</em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at </strong><a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p><br><p>You can take part in our listener survey <a href="https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p><p><a href="https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on</a></p>
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