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St. Catherine of Siena
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St. Catherine of Siena: References & Edit History

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An English translation of Raymond of Capua’s contemporary biography is The Life of the Blessed Virgin, Saint Catharine of Siena, trans. from Italian (1609, reprinted 1978). Modern biographies include Alice Curtayne, Saint Catherine of Siena (1929, reissued 1980); and Suzanne Noffke, Catherine of Siena (1996).

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Add new Web site: Academia - Catherine of Siena: A Dominican political thinker in fourteenth‐century Italy (PDF). Dec 06, 2024
Added links and a photo. Aug 06, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 25, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Franciscan Media - Saint Catherine of Siena. Nov 24, 2023
Add new Web site: Christian History Magazine - Biography of Catherine of Siena. Jul 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Christianity Today - Catherine of Siena. Jan 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Catholic Online - St. Catherine of Siena. Sep 05, 2022
Added information about her early life. Jan 07, 2021
Corrected display issue. Apr 30, 2020
Top Questions updated. Jun 21, 2019
Clarified that she is one of the patron saints of Italy. Mar 30, 2017
Article revised to delete mention of Catherine as playing a direct role in the return of the papacy to Rome from Avignon. May 14, 2015
Added new Web site: St. Patrick Catholic Church at Washington, D.C. - Saint Catherine of Siena. Aug 13, 2007
Added new Web site: Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Biography of St Catherine of Siena. Aug 13, 2007
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of St. Catherine of Siena. Aug 10, 2007
Article revised and updated. Dec 29, 2006
Article revised. Nov 10, 2005
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
Article added to new online database. Feb 01, 1999
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