Comments on: Feast Day of St. Catherine of the Wheel http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/25/feast-day-of-st-catherine-of-the-wheel/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:41:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ExecutedToday.com » 1825: Joaquim do Amor Divino Rabelo, Frei Caneca http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/25/feast-day-of-st-catherine-of-the-wheel/#comment-13017 ExecutedToday.com » 1825: Joaquim do Amor Divino Rabelo, Frei Caneca Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:25:44 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/25/feast-day-of-st-catherine-of-the-wheel/#comment-13017 [...] The story goes that Frei Caneca was doomed to hanging — the fate suffered by his fellow-martyrs this day — but so beloved was he that nary a Pernambucano could be found willing to stretch the friar’s neck. It’s a nice 19th century liberal-man-of-the-cloth twist on that ancient hagiographic device, the “holy man who defeats the execution device”. [...] [...] The story goes that Frei Caneca was doomed to hanging — the fate suffered by his fellow-martyrs this day — but so beloved was he that nary a Pernambucano could be found willing to stretch the friar’s neck. It’s a nice 19th century liberal-man-of-the-cloth twist on that ancient hagiographic device, the “holy man who defeats the execution device”. [...]

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]]> By: Headsman http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/25/feast-day-of-st-catherine-of-the-wheel/#comment-112 Headsman Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:09:27 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/25/feast-day-of-st-catherine-of-the-wheel/#comment-112 <i>One wonders why the axe didn’t break, either</i> It may have been a matter of inadequate QA on a beta product. They had a well-tested tool with a simple user interface to fall back on. One wonders why the axe didn’t break, either

It may have been a matter of inadequate QA on a beta product. They had a well-tested tool with a simple user interface to fall back on.

]]> By: jeff http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/25/feast-day-of-st-catherine-of-the-wheel/#comment-110 jeff Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:28:56 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/25/feast-day-of-st-catherine-of-the-wheel/#comment-110 "Despite this inauspicious debut, the breaking wheel was Catherine’s iconic attribute[.]" Au contraire! It was *because* of the inauspicious debut! One wonders why the axe didn't break, either, but that misses the point, doesn't it? The wheel is the symbol of her power -- or, technically, of God's power manifest in her. Notice the headsman's axe disappears into obscurity, probably to the point where no one bothers to remember how she was actually killed, or even whether she was actually killed. If you see my point. Good stuff. imo. “Despite this inauspicious debut, the breaking wheel was Catherine’s iconic attribute[.]”

Au contraire! It was *because* of the inauspicious debut! One wonders why the axe didn’t break, either, but that misses the point, doesn’t it? The wheel is the symbol of her power — or, technically, of God’s power manifest in her. Notice the headsman’s axe disappears into obscurity, probably to the point where no one bothers to remember how she was actually killed, or even whether she was actually killed. If you see my point.

Good stuff. imo.

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