I think the St Catharine variant is because Catherine of Alexandria's name was not originally written in the Roman alphabet, and because when the college was founded English spelling was rather shaky - for example, the college's name was at one time spelt with a K.
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Date: 2008-06-19 10:16 (UTC)I think the St Catharine variant is because Catherine of Alexandria's name was not originally written in the Roman alphabet, and because when the college was founded English spelling was rather shaky - for example, the college's name was at one time spelt with a K.