Catherine of Siena

American  

noun

1. Saint, 1347–80, Italian ascetic and mystic.

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Catherine of Siena British  

noun

1. Saint. 1347–80, Italian mystic and ascetic; patron saint of the Dominican order. Feast day: April 29

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Catherine of Siena

The 14th-century saint Catherine of Siena is famous for drinking the pus of a woman’s open sore in an act of holy self-abasement.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021

When St. Catherine of Siena died in Rome, her hometown of Siena wanted her remains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2019

He cites a 1376 letter from the mystic Catherine of Siena to a disciple, in which she presciently warns of schisms within the Catholic Church and invokes the Eucharist as a symbol of unity.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019

Perhaps he attended a seminar on the theology and “holy fasts” of Catherine of Siena.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2016

"No. I have read Saint Catherine of Genoa, but the books of Saint Catherine of Siena have never fallen into my hands."

From En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

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