St. Catherine of Siena,
born
25 March 1347, at the age of 16 entered the Third Order of the Dominicans.
She was both an ascetic and a mystic and soon attracted a number of followers.
She received stigmata (holy marks similar to those of the
five wounds of Christ Crucified) in 1375 while she was working on ecclesiastical
peace during the Avignon papacy. Later she was sent as an ambassadress
from Italy to Avignon, where she managed to convince Papa Gregory IX to
return to Rome. Catherine worked much to repair the damage to the church,
made by its division. She died in April 1380. She is the patron saint of
Siena and Italy, the second patron of Rome.
See: Fra Bartolommeo The
Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Siena, with Eight Saint,
God
the Father in Glory with St. Mary Magdalene and St. Catherine of Siena.
Luca Signorelli. SS.
Catherine of Siena, Mary Magdalene and Jerome.
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