Saint Catherine of Siena was the youngest
child in a large family. At the age of 6 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 Born:
25 March 1347 at Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Died:
29 April 1380 of a mysterious and painful illness that came on without notice,
and was never properly diagnosed
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