St. Catherine of Siena: References & Edit History
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An English translation of Raymond of Capua’s contemporary biography is The Life of the Blessed Virgin, Saint Catharine of Siena, trans. from Italian (1609, reprinted 1978). Modern biographies include Alice Curtayne, Saint Catherine of Siena (1929, reissued 1980); and Suzanne Noffke, Catherine of Siena (1996).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Links added. | Nov 05, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: EWTN - Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin. | Jun 26, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 25, 2026 | ||
| Top question added. | Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 21, 2026 | ||
| Added a section on her relics and revised questions and answers. | May 01, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Great Lives - Dorothy Byrne on Catherine of Siena. | Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Catherine of Siena: A Dominican political thinker in fourteenth‐century Italy (PDF). | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Added links and a photo. | Aug 06, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Franciscan Media - Saint Catherine of Siena. | Nov 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian History Magazine - Biography of Catherine of Siena. | Jul 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity Today - Catherine of Siena. | Jan 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Catholic Online - St. Catherine of Siena. | Sep 05, 2022 | ||
| Added information about her early life. | Jan 07, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 30, 2020 | ||
| Clarified that she is one of the patron saints of Italy. | Mar 30, 2017 | ||
| Article revised to delete mention of Catherine as playing a direct role in the return of the papacy to Rome from Avignon. | May 14, 2015 | ||
| Added new Web site: Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Biography of St Catherine of Siena. | Aug 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: St. Patrick Catholic Church at Washington, D.C. - Saint Catherine of Siena. | Aug 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of St. Catherine of Siena. | Aug 10, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 29, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 10, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 08, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Feb 01, 1999 |
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