St. Catherine of Siena Sterling Round Medal

St. Catherine of Siena Sterling Round Medal 3/4in. Diameter
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Product Details
H x W:	0 3/4" (1.90 cm) x 0 3/4" (1.90 cm)

Our Description

This round sterling silver St. Catherine medal is 3/4in. in diameter. It depicts St. Catherine kneeling before the Blessed Mother holding Jesus, who is putting a ring on her finger. In a dream St. Catherine was made a mystical bride of Christ, and she awoke with a ring on her finger. She is patroness of firefighters, those ridiculed for their piety, against illness and miscarriage. Her feast day is April 29. The medal comes with an 18in. stainless steel chain in a deluxe gift box.

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St. Catherine of Siena

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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