St. Catherine of Siena
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Product Details Author:  Format: H x W x D: Manufacturer: Date: Pages: Alice Curtayne Soft Cover 8 1/4"  (20.9 cm) x 5 1/2"  (13.9 cm) x 0 3/4"  (1.90 cm) TAN 1980 268

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Alice Curtayne

St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) ranks as one of the greatest, most interesting, most influential and most popular saints in all of Church history. She was a twin, the 23rd of 25 children, a mystic, a stigmatic and a miracle-worker. Her penances were so great that she eventually ate no food-save Communion-and did not require sleep. Through her personal influence, thousands of people returned to the Faith. Her crowning achievement consisted of persuading Pope Gregory XI to return the Papacy to Rome, thus ending the "Babylonian Captivity." During much of Catherine's brief life she labored valiantly to end the "Great Western Schism" (two Popes), to reconcile the warring states of Italy, and to have the Church preach a crusade against the Turks. St. Catherine died at age 33, the victim of her own strenuous efforts and penances on behalf of the Church. Her 400 letters-to Popes and to religious and political leaders of high and low estate-testify to these efforts. Toward the end of her life, while in ecstasy, she dictated her famous Dialogue with God the Father, which has become one of the great spiritual treasures of the Church. For this writing and for her letters, Pope Paul VI declared her a Doctor of the Church. St. Catherine of Siena is so appealing because she literally consumed herself for the sake of souls and for the welfare of Christ's Church.

St. Catherine of Siena

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 4/29 Tridentine Calendar - 4/30 Patron Of: Artists, Fire, Firefighters, Illness, Leather Workers, Nurses, Philosophers, Scribes, Secretaries, Stenographers, Tongue 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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