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St Catherine of Siena

By EFC, AKL, and EMM

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Biography• Born in 1347 and died in 1380• Born in Siena, Italy• Parents were Jacopomo and Lapa Benincasa• Had a wealthy family• Was an Italian mystic (someone who is spiritual and

has visions)• Helped the sick • Donated to charity• Participated in political events of her time• Had no formal education in her youth• Was declared a Saint in 1461(after she died)

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Compositions

• The Dialogue of Divine Providence: It contained her religious views and prayers

• Doctrine of Tears: Explains the five kinds of tears. The tears correspond to the stages of the soul

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Things she showed us about the lives of medieval women

• Women were kind; she helped the sick and cured them the best she could

• Women were religious; she devoted her life to God and became a nun in her teens

• Women were brave; she wouldn’t give up on something she believed could happen

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Achievements and barriers in her lifetime

• Teaching herself to read and write• Took part in bringing the return of Pope

Gregory XI after a 68 year absence of popes in Rome

• Having to go against her parents wishes about getting married

• Not being educated

Interesting Facts• Was also known as Caterina Benincasa• Was one of the youngest children of 25 kids!• Had a twin sister who died at birth• Her name meant “pure one”• Was given the nickname “Euphrosyne” which is

Greek for joy and the name of an early Christian Saint

• Her father was a wool dyer• Her father went by two names: Giacomo and

Jacopomo• In one of her visions she married Christ

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Citations for Pictures• http://www.harcourtreligion.com/images/img_saints/catherine-of-

siena.jpg• http://www.psihijatrija.com/nove%20slike/2006%2007/sveci%20l

ijecnici/St-Catherine-of-Siena-Docto.jpg• http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/pics/

Saint_Catherine_of_Siena_Doctor_of_the_Churchsm.jpg• http://www.stcos.prestons.syd.catholic.edu.au/images/

catherineinprayer.jpg• http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/BRGPOD/

192576~St-Catherine-of-Siena-Posters.jpg• http://www.umilta.net/catherine1.jpg

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