Easter Vigil named saints

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Does anyone know which St Catherine is mentioned during the Litany of Saints at the Easter Vigil?

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We specified St. Catherine of Alexandria (and our parish is in Alexandria, VA). But today would be the traditional feast day of St. Catherine of Sweden . . . so I wondered if a little liturgial liberty had not been taken.

On the other hand, the notes on tonight’s Mass states that the Litany " . . . includes the patron saints the elect and candidates have chosen," so I guess you could have heard any of the assorted St. Catherines mentioned.
 
I assumed Catherine of Siena because she is a) more well-known (which the revised litany angles for) and b) a doctor of the Church.
 
St. Catherine of Sienna.

Originally, when St. Catherine was invoked in the litany, the Catherine referred to was St. Catherine of Alexandria not Sienna. But in 1969/70 it was changed

There are multiple ways you can know it/deduce that it is St. Catherine of Sienna and not Alexandria
  1. In some of the Latin liturgical books, the name is there in parenthesis.
  2. It is what the Latin commentary on the calendar will tell you.
  3. Catherine of Alexandria was out of the General calendar from 1969 to 2002 because the revisers of the calendar felt there was not enough historical information on her. Therefore, its hardly likely she would be invoked in the litany!
  4. The position at which the name occurs in the litany. The order is - BVM, angels, SS. John the Baptist, Joseph, apostles, disciples, martyrs (men, then women), pastors (bishops, then priests, & even an implicit internal order - doctors and founders before others), other men and women saints.
    St. Catherine’s name is located at the end along with St. Teresa (of Avila)- both were made doctors of the Church in 1970. If it was St. Catherine of Alexandria, the position would be earlier along with the other virgin martyrs Ss. Perpetua, Felicity and Agnes.
 
3. Catherine of Alexandria was out of the General calendar from 1969 to 2002 because the revisers of the calendar felt there was not enough historical information on her. Therefore, its hardly likely she would be invoked in the litany!

St. Catherine of Alexandria is still on the Byzantine Calendar: 24/25 November (difference between Greek and Slave uses).
 
bpbasilphx said:
3. Catherine of Alexandria was out of the General calendar from 1969 to 2002 because the revisers of the calendar felt there was not enough historical information on her. Therefore, its hardly likely she would be invoked in the litany!

St. Catherine of Alexandria is still on the Byzantine Calendar: 24/25 November (difference between Greek and Slave uses).
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She was, she definitely was, because it surprised me when I heard it. Again, she may be selected by one of the elect/candidates as a patron, or invoked as a local patron due to our being in Alexandria, VA.
 
It has: “Sancta Catharina (Senenis),” in Missale Romanum, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2002, ISBN: 8820972719, page 363. So I am fairly sure this is Saint Catherine of Siena.
 
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