Saint Catherine of Siena

[Saint Catherine of Siena]
Also known as

  • Caterina Benincasa
  • Catharine of Siena
  • Katharine of Siena

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Youngest child in a large family. At the age of six 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.

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  • 29 April 1380 of a mysterious and painful illness that came on without notice, and was never properly diagnosed

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Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God. - Saint Catherine of Siena

Eternal Trinity, Godhead, mystery deep as the sea, you could give me no greater gift than the gift of yourself. For you are a fire ever burning and never consumed, which itself consumes all the selfish love that fills my being. Yes, you are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates the mind with its light, and causes me to know your truth. And I know that you are beauty and wisdom itself. The food of angels, you gave yourself to man in the fire of your love. - from On Divine Providence by Saint Catherine of Siena

Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind. - Saint Catherine of Siena

Category: Born in 1347, Canonized by Pope Pius II, Canonized in 1461, Died in 1380, Doctor of the Church, Emblem: Cross, Emblem: Crown of Thorns, Emblem: Heart, Emblem: Lily, Emblem: Ring, Emblem: Stigmata, Emblem: Thorns, Name: Caterina, Name: Catherine, Name: Katharine, Saints Beati and Venerables, Saints who were Dominicans, Saints who were Stigmatists, Saints who were Tertiaries  |  Trackback