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Catherine of Bologna [Caterina de' Vigri] (8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463) [2] [3] was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic, artist, and saint.The patron saint of artists and against temptations, Catherine de' Vigri was venerated for nearly three centuries in her native Bologna before being formally canonized in 1712 by Pope Clement XI.
Art dealers - John the Evangelist; Artillerymen - Barbara; Artists - Luke the Evangelist, Philip Neri, Eligius; Astronauts - Joseph of Cupertino; Astronomers - Dominic; Athletes - Sebastian, Christopher, St Hyacinth; Attorneys - Genesius; Authors - Francis de Sales, [5] John the Evangelist, Lucy
Wilgefortis (Portuguese: Vilgeforte) is a female folk saint whose legend arose in the 14th century, [4] and whose distinguishing feature is a large beard. According to the legend of her life, set in Portugal and Galicia, she was a teenage noblewoman who had been promised in marriage by her father to a Moorish king.
It was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western musical history: Gregory the Great, after whom Gregorian chant is named, and Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
Woodlark may have chosen the name in homage to Catherine of Valois, mother of Henry VI of England, although it is more likely that it was named as part of the Renaissance cult of Saint Catherine, who was a patron saint of learning. St Catherine's College, Oxford, developed from the Delegacy for Unattached Students, formed in 1868.
Bait Pandi: the Bagobo goddess of weavers who taught women weaving [12] Fu Dalu: the T'boli goddess of the abaca; speak and guide weavers on how to create patterns and designs, which are remembered in dreams [13] Mamiyo: the Ifugao stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving [14]
Legenda Aurea – Saint Lucy. Archived from the original on 9 December 2000. Saint Lucy of Siracuse, patroness of the blind. p. 6. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018 – via archive.org. Dhillon N; Dua HS; Singh AD. (31 October 2009). "Saint Lucy, the patron of the blind". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2009 Oct, 93(10):1275 (10 ...
Catherine de' Medici was a patron of the arts made a significant contribution to the French Renaissance. Catherine was inspired by the example of her father-in-law, King Francis I of France (reigned 1515–1547), who had hosted the leading artists of Europe at his court.
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