Suggest an Edit — Ekaterine

Suggest corrections or additional details for Ekaterine. Your submission will be reviewed before it appears on the site.

Name & Status

Name *

Status / Title

e.g. "Saint", "Blessed", "Venerable", "Servant of God"

Dates

Optional — leave blank if unknown.

Year Born

Year Died

Places

Country

Birth City

Birth Country

Death City

Death Country

Burial Place

Church & Canonization

Church / Rite

Canonized By

Beatified By

Roles & Family

Pope

Patriarch

Married

Children

Religious Order

Spouse

Apostle

Patronage & Feast Day

Feast Day

e.g. January 28, March 19

Patron Of

Separate multiple patronages with semicolons (e.g. "Students; Theologians; Academics")

Biography

Short Description

The name Ekaterine is the standard Georgian rendering of Catherine, a Christian name of Greek origin long established in the Caucasus. Women so named appear in Georgian chronicles, princely genealogies, and the literature of the national revival. The particular individual recorded under Wikidata identifier Q4174274 cannot be matched with confidence to any single well-documented biography in standard historical compilations. Without the labels, descriptions, and references stored in that Wikidata item, even the century in which she lived cannot be stated.

Georgia’s history under Bagratid, Ottoman, Persian, and Russian rule produced numerous aristocratic and intellectual women called Ekaterine, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some belonged to the houses of Mingrelia, Guria, or Kakheti; others emerged from the lesser nobility or the urban classes of Tbilisi and Kutaisi as writers, translators, or philanthropists. Any of these might theoretically correspond to the given identifier, yet none can be confirmed from the information supplied. Consequently no birth or death year, no precise birthplace, and no family relationships can be responsibly assigned.

Nothing in accessible records indicates that this Ekaterine held the office of pope or patriarch, offices historically reserved for men in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern churches. Whether she entered a monastic community, married, or had children is unknown. The Georgian Orthodox Church keeps a rich calendar of saints, among whom the Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria is honored, but there is no verified evidence that the subject of Q4174274 herself received canonization or beatification, nor that a feast day or patronages were assigned to her.

Because the biographical facts remain unverified, dates, places, and personal details are withheld rather than risk attributing information that belongs to a different Ekaterine. Further documentation from Georgian archives, church records, or the Wikidata item itself would be required before a fuller life could be written. Until that confirmation exists, the vital statistics are left blank.

Detailed Narrative

Additional Notes

Notes for Reviewer

Photo

Upload a Photo (optional)

JPEG, PNG, or WebP. Maximum 5 MB.

Your Info (optional)

For follow-up only — never displayed on the site.

Your Name (optional)

Your Email (optional)

Verification

Solve the simple math problem below

Cancel