Catherine of Siena is most famous for her influence on Pope Gregory XI to reunite the Church in Rome. Catherine of Siena often depicts her with the stigmata, such as the below sculpture.Īside from her spiritual and mystic theological writings, namely The Dialogues, St. Faustina Kowalska, among others. Religious art of St. At 28, she received the stigmata (wounds resembling Christ’s from his crucifixion), similar to Padre Pio, St. SainthoodĬatherine became known throughout Italy for her asceticism and efforts in church reform in her twenties.
Vowing a life of piety and chastity, she lived in silence and isolation for some years but soon turned to a more public life of prayer, activism, and spiritual counseling. Instead, she entered the Mantellate, the female branch of the Dominicans of the Third Order, at 16 after her vision of St. Yet, despite her parents’ desires, Catherine refused. About a decade after, Catherine’s older sister passed away, and her parents urged her to marry her sister’s widower. Two years later, she vowed to live a chaste life at 7. This period in Church history is known as the Western Schism.Ĭatherine experienced her first mystical vision – of Christ blessing her – at the age of 5. The Church was also still in a state of conflict, as the Catholic papacy had moved to Avignon, France, in 1309, before Catherine’s birth. Within a year of her birth, there was great turmoil in Italy due to the plague and continuing economic and military problems. Catherine of Siena, was born in 1347 in Siena, Italy, as the 25th child in a large family. Catherine of Siena on the anniversary of her death, April 29.Ĭaterina Benincasa, later St. Catherine of Siena, is known for her writings on mysticism and spiritual guidance and her efforts for Church unity in the fourteenth century. One of four female Doctors of the Church, St.
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