THE PLACES OF SANTA CATERINA
Se voi starete in questa santa fede, giammai nel vostro cuore non cadrà tristizia. Perchè la tristizia non procede da altro se non dalla fede che poniamo nelle creatureTHE MESSAGE
The doctrine of Saint Catherine, who learned to read with great effort and to write when she was already an adult, is contained in the Dialogue on Divine Providence or the Book of Divine Doctrine, a masterpiece of spiritual literature, in her letters collected in the Epistolary, and her Prayers.
THE LIFE
Saint Catherine of Siena was an extraordinary woman, who by the force of her spirit and action played an enormously important role in the history of the Church and of Europe, also because the century when she lived – the fourteenth – was a time of great turmoil in the life of the Church and the entire social fabric of Italy and Europe.
THE PLACE
Why is the place considered most representative of Saint Catherine her house, and not a convent? The answer lies in the fact that Catherine belonged to the Third Order of Saint Dominic. After taking the habit of a tertiary (called mantellata in Italian, “cloaked,” because she wore a cloak as part of her habit), Catherine continued to…
THE PLACE
Basilica of San Domenico
VIA DEL COSTONE
The Shrine of the House
Oratory
Fontebranda
Baptistery
MAP
Saint Catherine of Siena was an extraordinary woman, who by the force of her spirit and action played an enormously important role in the history of the Church and of Europe, also because the century when she lived – the fourteenth – was a time of great turmoil in the life of the Church and the entire social fabric of Italy and Europe.
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