Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine. The territory which became the village of Outremont in 1875 had been known as Côte Sainte-Catherine since the 17th century. As elsewhere, the côte's name was used for its main street. In 1913, the chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine ended at chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges; the western portion, on which the metro station lies, is the most recent part of the road.
Catholicism recognizes several saints named Catherine, of whom the most famous is St. Catherine of Alexandria, who was once the object of a very widespread devotion but is now considered of dubious historicity. According to legend, at age 18 she was learned enough to confound in argument Emperor Maximinus and a multitude of scholars he ordered to argue against her. After she converted the scholars, the emperor ordered her executed on a spiked wheel; she destroyed it with a touch, and he had her beheaded instead. Her feast day is November 25.
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