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

She travels throughout the U.S. and the world performing a one-woman show as the 14th century saint Catherine of Siena.

From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 4, 2015

The period of time embraced in these female biographies extends from the birth of St. Catherine of Siena, in 1347, to the death of the celebrated improvvisatrice Corilla, in 1800.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various