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St. Catherine of Siena
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Lo Spagna: Saint Catherine of Siena Painting by Fra Bartolomeo showing God the Father seated above holding a book with Alpha and Omega, surrounded by angels, with St. Mary Magdalene and St. Catherine of Siena kneeling below.
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Lo Spagna: Saint Catherine of Siena Saint Catherine of Siena, painting with tempera and oil on panel by Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro), 1510ā€“15; in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

St. Catherine of Siena

Italian mystic
Also known as: Caterina Benincasa
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St. Catherine of Siena (born March 25, 1347, Siena, Tuscany [Italy]ā€”died April 29, 1380, Rome; canonized 1461; feast day April 29) was an Italian mystic and Dominican tertiary who is one of the most revered holy women in the Roman Catholic Church. One of the patron saints of Italy, she was declared a doctor of the church (a title granted to saints whose writings are of special importance) in 1970 and a patron saint of...

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