A portrait of St. Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
1347 – 1380
Feast
April 29 · XIV c.
Patron of
Italy · Europe · Nurses · Fire prevention · Sick people
Order
Dominican Tertiary / Doctor of the Church
Italian Dominican tertiary (1347-1380), mystic and political peacemaker who persuaded Pope Gregory XI to return the papacy from Avignon to Rome in 1377; Doctor of the Church and co-patroness of Europe. Author of The Dialogue. Feast April 29.
Life & Times
Born: 1347 · Died: 1380 · From: Italy.
Patronage
St. Catherine of Siena is invoked as the patron of italy, europe, nurses, fire prevention, sick people. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”— Letter to Bartolomeo Smeducci da Sanseverino, c. 1378.
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About Catholic Saints
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