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The Church and Monastery of Saint Catherine of Siena (Spanish: Iglesia y Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Siena) is a Catholic church and monastery located between Andahuaylas, Puno and Inambari streets in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru.
Portal of the monastery; The entrance portal is adorned with a relief of St. Catherine of Siena, under whose patronage the monastery was founded. It is carved into the solid tuff wall that borders the entire block. The sober simplicity of shapes and color of this cover contrasts with the cheerful color that the visitor will find in the interior ...
The convent and rectory were both completed in 1926, and the church, costing $130,000, was completed in 1929. [2] Dwindling population in the latter part of the 20th century led to a merger of St. Catherine with the nearby St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church in 1970; the buildings of St. Edward's were demolished. [2]
Ratliff, Brandie. "The monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai and the Christian communities of the Caliphate." Sinaiticus. The bulletin of the Saint Catherine Foundation . Haddad, Anton F., trans. The Oath of the Prophet Mohammed to the Followers of the Nazarene. New York: Board of Counsel, 1902; H-Bahai: Lansing, MI: 2004.
Catherine made a pilgrimage to Montepulciano while visiting her niece, Eugenie, who was a nun there. [4] Another Dominican, Lorenzo Mariani of Rome, wrote another early biography of Agnes, in which he already referred to her as a saint. [7] In 1435 her remains were moved to the church of San Domenico, Orvieto. [8]
St. Catherine of Siena Church (Riverside, Connecticut) St. Catherine of Siena Church (Trumbull, Connecticut) Chapel on the Rock (Saint Catherine of Siena Chapel), Allenspark, Colorado; St. Mary – St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Charlestown, Massachusetts; St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan
The Church of Saint Catherine [1] or Chapel of Saint Catherine (Latin: Ecclesia Sanctae Catharinae, Arabic: كنيسة القديسة كترينا, Hebrew: כנסיית קתרינה הקדושה) is a Catholic religious building located adjacent to the northern part [2] of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem [3] [4] in the West Bank, Palestine. [5]
The relics of Saint Catherine, kept to this day inside the monastery, have made it a favourite site of pilgrimage. [11] The patronal feast of the monastery is the Feast of the Transfiguration . Saint Catherine's Monastery with Willow Peak (traditionally considered Mount Horeb ) in the background