Katharina von Bora Philipp Melanchthon thought that Luther's marriage would hurt the Reformation because of potential scandal. Luther eventually came to the conclusion that "his marriage would please his father, rile the pope, cause the angels to laugh, and the devils to weep." Martin Luther married Katharina on June 13, 1525, before witnesses including Justus Jonas, Johannes Bugenhagen, and Barbara and Lucas Cranach the Elder.They held a wedding breakfast the next morning with a small company. Two weeks later, on June 27, they held a more formal public ceremony, presided over by Bugenhagen. Von Bora was 26 years old, Luther 41. The couple
Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox (1865–1964) was born in Iowa into a Quaker family on August 11, 1865. She received a BA from Bryn Mawr College in 1889. In 1891, she married Isaac Milton Cox. In 1898, she and her family moved to Hawaii, spurred by Isaac’s poor health. She taught at Punahou School and helped Anna Rice Cooke research and catalog her art collection, which became the Honolulu Museum of Art. Catharine Cox also served as director of the Honolulu Museum of Art from 1927 to 1928. She died December 7, 1964. The Catharine E. B.