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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 ...
Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine of the Wheel, or Great Martyr Saint Catherine (4th century) Catherine of Vadstena (c. 1332–1381), Swedish nun and author; Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), TOSD Italian philosopher, theologian, doctor of the church and patron saint of Italy; Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), OSC Italian nun and artist
The Church of Corpus Domini, also known as the Chiesa della Santa is a Roman Catholic church in Bologna. It is part of an active monastery complex of the order of Clarissan nuns, that is nuns of the contemplative Second Order of St. Francis. The monastery is semi-cloistered. Incorrupt body of Saint Catherine of Bologna on throne
Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, 1447 – 15 September 1510) was an Italian Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor [3] and remembered because of various writings describing both these actions and her mystical experiences.
Saint Catherine of Bologna King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia Infanta Catherine of Portugal Albert VI, Archduke of Austria. March 9 – Catherine of Bologna, Italian Roman Catholic nun and saint (b. 1413) [50] May 25 – King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia (beheaded) June 4 – Flavio Biondo, Italian humanist (b. 1392)
During the medieval period, Saint Catherine's Day marked the beginning of Advent in England. [2]Catterntide was celebrated by lacemakers. [3] A traditional celebration of St Catherine's Day, which has seen something of a revival in modern times, is the baking of symbolic 'Cattern Cakes' in honour of St Catherine.
St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota was founded in 1905 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and named for St. Catherine of Alexandria. [53] University of Saint Katherine in San Marcos, California is the first Eastern Orthodox Christian university in the United States and the English-speaking world.
Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine is a c.1390 fresco fragment by Spinello Aretino. It was originally discovered in the Bartolini Salimbeni Chapel with the sinopia below Lorenzo Monaco's frescoes in 1961 and is now in the nearby Cialli-Seringi Chapel in Santa Trinita in Florence. [1] [2]