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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.
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.
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
St. Catherine's taffy is a candy made by French Canadian girls to honor St. Catherine, the patron saint of unmarried women on her feast day. St. Catherine's Day is sometimes known in among French-Canadians as "taffy day", a day when marriage-age girls would make taffy for eligible boys.
Kateri Tekakwitha (pronounced [ˈɡaderi deɡaˈɡwita] in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine, and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Mohawk/Algonquin Catholic saint and virgin.
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.
On 18 June 1939 Pope Pius XII named her a joint patron saint of Italy along with Francis of Assisi. [5] On 1 October 1999, Pope John Paul II made her one of Europe's patron saints, along with Teresa Benedicta of the Cross and Bridget of Sweden. [7] [8] She is also the patroness of the historically Catholic American woman's fraternity, Theta Phi ...
Saint Pantaleon was the patron of physicians, Saint Cyriacus invoked against temptation on the deathbed, and Saints Christopher, Barbara, and Catherine of Alexandria for protection against a sudden and unprovided-for death. Saint Giles was prayed to for a good confession, and Saint Eustace as healer of family troubles.