Saint Catherine of Bologna
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- Also known as
- Catherine de Virgi
- Memorial
- 9 March
- Profile
- Daughter of a diplomat.
Tradition says her father received a vision telling him of her birth.
Maid of honour to the daughter of a marquis, receiving the same training and education as her mistress.
Franciscan tertiary at age 14.
Poor Clare nun.
Mistress of novices.
Established a Poor Clare convent at Bologna in 1456, and served as its abbess.
Miracle worker.
Prophetess.
Mystic.
Visionary.
Painter and manuscript illuminator.
Received a Christmas Day vision of Jesus cradled in Mary's arms.
- Born
- 8 September 1413 at Bologna, Italy as Catherine de Vigni
- Died
- 9 March 1463 at Bologna, Italy;
buried without a coffin or embalming;
exhumed eighteen days later due to the miracles occurring near her grave, and the odor of perfume that came from it;
body found incorrupt;
currently resides in the cell in which she lived
- Canonized
- 22 May 1712 by Pope Clement XI
- Name Meaning
- pure one
- Patronage
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art
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Bologna Academy of Art
liberal arts
painters
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- Prayers
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- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Stephen M Donovan
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Getty Museum
Google Directory
Saints Alive, by Father Robert F McNamara
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
- Works
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Treatise on Spiritual Weapons
Revelations
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- Readings
- Whoever wishes to carry the cross for his sake must take up the proper weapons for the contest, especially those mentioned here.
First, diligence; second, distrust of self; third, confidence in God; fourth, remembrance of Passion; fifth, mindfulness of one's own death; sixth, remembrance of God's glory; seventh, the injunctions of Sacred Scripture following the example of Jesus Christ in the desert.
-Saint Catherine, from On the Seven Spiritual Weapons