St. Catherine, Wall painting of her life and martyrdom, 
Sporle, St. Mary's Church, 1390-1400. Reconstructed Copy.

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Scene 1 - Saint Catherine Upbraiding the Emperor Maximinus
Scene 2 - The Emperor Sacrificing to Idols
Scene 3 - The Saint Disputing With the Emperor
Scene 4 - The Dispute With the Philosophers
Scene 5 -The Burning of the Philosophers
Scene 6 - The Emperor Tempts the Saint
Scene 7 - The Saint Condemned to Imprisonment
Scene 8 - The Saint in Prison
Scene 9 - The Conversion of Porphyry and Two Hundred Knights
Scene 10 - The Saint Before the Emperor
Scene 11 - The Saint Condemned by the Emperor
Scene 12 - The Breaking of the Wheel
Scene 13 - The Condemnation of the Empress
Scene 14 - The Decollation of the Empress
Scene 15 -Porphyry Buries the Body of the Empress by Moonlight
Scene 16 - The Emperor Condemns the Two Hundred Soldiers
Scene 17 -The Emperor Condemns Porphyry
Scene 18 -The Massacre of the Soldiers of the Guard
Scene 19 -The Saint Before the Emperor
Scene 20 -The Saint between Executioners
Scene 21 -Nude Soul Surrounded by Devils
Scene 22 -The Saint Condemned to be Beheaded
Scene 23 -The Decollation of St. Catherine
Scene 24 - The Burial of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai
Scene 25 - Pilgrims at the Tomb of St. Catherine
Saint Catherine Upbraiding the Emperor MaximinusThe Emperor Sacrificing to IdolsThe Saint Disputing With the EmperorThe Dispute With the PhilosophersThe Burning of the PhilosophersThe Emperor Tempts the SaintThe Saint Condemned to ImprisonmentThe Saint in PrisonThe Conversion of Porphyry and Two Hundred KnightsThe Saint Before the EmperorThe Saint Condemned by the EmperorThe Breaking of the WheelThe Condemnation of the EmpressThe Decollation of the EmpressPorphyry Buries the Body of the Empress by MoonlightThe Emperor Condemns the Two Hundred SoldiersThe Emperor Condemns PorphyryThe Massacre of the Soldiers of the GuardThe Saint Before the EmperorThe Saint between ExecutionersNude Soul Surrounded by DevilsThe Saint Condemned to be BeheadedThe Decollation of St. CatherineThe Burial of St. Catherine on Mount SinaiPilgrims at the Tomb of St. Catherine