St. Catherine of Siena 3 1/2in. Pewter Statue
Item Number: 14475
This pewter figurine depicts St. Catherine holding a book and lilies . The statue stands 3 1/2" tall.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 4/29
Tridentine Calendar - 4/30
Patron Of:
Nurses, Artists, Leather Workers, Philosophers, Scribes, Secretaries, Stenographers, Tongue, Firefighters, Fire, Illness
Profile
Youngest child in a large family. At the age of 6 she had a vision in which Jesus appeared and blessed her. Her parents wanted her to marry, but she became a Dominican tertiary. Mystic. Stigmatist. Received a vision in which she was in a mystical marriage with Christ, and the Infant Christ presented her with a wedding ring. Counselor to Pope Gregory XI and Pope Urban VI. Proclaimed Doctor of the Church on 4 October 1970.
Born 25 March 1347 at Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Died 29 April 1380 of a mysterious and painful illness that came on without notice, and was never properly diagnosed
Canonized July 1461 by Pope Pius II
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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