Letters of Catherine Benincasa

by Catherine of Siena

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Genres: Catholic, Faith, Christianity, Biography, Nonfiction

222 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1905

About the author

Saint Catherine of Siena, T.O.S.D. was a tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She also worked to bring the papacy of Gregory XI back to Rome from its displacement in France, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states. Since 18 June 1866 she is one of the two patron saints of Italy, together with St. Francis of Assisi. On 3 October 1970 she was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI, and on 1 October 1999 Pope John Paul II named her as a one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Bridget of Sweden and Edith Stein.

Reviews

[Hermit Sister Gema · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like so much Saint Catarine! Change my life and my personal walking for God and my vocation of consagred life.

[Destiny sams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love reading about saints, especially women saints. This was a great read.

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

While not all of the letters in this collection were of interest to me, enough of them were to make it worthwhile. The ones written during the schism, especially, were absorbing and, I felt, relevant to current events. They made me understand a bit the agony that such a disaster brings upon a saint.

The introductions to each letter were very interesting and insightful as well, and I learned from them almost more than from the letters themselves! This book is worth reading, though a physical copy would be nice so that one could flip pages to where one wants to read...it's not exactly the sort of thing that needs to be read straight through.