Saint Katherine Church, Sinai, Egypt

The monastery contains a granite basilica, St Catherine Church built by Justinian in the 6th century. The patron saint of the monastery, St Katherine, was born in 294 AD in Alexandria, converted to Christianity and opposed the pagan culture of the Roman emperor. The emperor had her beheaded and it is said that the angels carried her remains to the top of Mt. Katherine (the highest peak in Egypt) where it was found in the 10th century.