Catherine o Siena
Saunt Catherine o Siena, T.O.S.D. (25 Mairch 1347 in Siena – 29 Apryle 1380 in Roum), wis a tertiary o the Dominican Order an a Scholastic philosopher an theologian. She an aa wirked tae bring the papacy o Gregory XI back tae Roum frae its displacement in Fraunce an tae establish peace amang the Italian ceety-states. Syne 18 Juin 1939, she is ane o the twa patron saunts o Italy, thegither wi St. Francis o Assisi.[1] On 3 October 1970, she wis proclaimed a Doctor o the Kirk bi Pape Paul VI, an on 1 October 1999, Pape John Paul II named her as ane o the sax patron saunts o Europe, thegither wi Benedict o Nursia, Saunts Cyril an Methodius, Bridget o Swaden an Edith Stein.[2][3]
| Saint Catherine o Siena | |
|---|---|
 St. Catherine o Siena, bi anonymous penter, 19t century | |
| Virgin; Doctor o Kirk | |
| Born | 25 Mairch 1347 Siena, Republic o Siena |
| Dee'd | 29 Apryle 1380 (aged 33) Roum, Papal States |
| Veneratit in | Roman Catholic Kirk; Anglican Communion; Lutheranism |
| Canonised | 29 Juin 1461 by Pape Pius II |
| Feast | Apryle 29; Apryle 30 (Roman Calendar, 1628–1969) |
| Attributes | Dominican tertiaries' habit, lily, beuk, crucifix, hert, croun o thorns, stigmata, raing, dove, rose, skull, miniature kirk, miniatur ship bearin Papal coat o airms |
| Patronage | against fire, bodily ills, diocese o Allentown, Pennsylvanie, USA, Europe, illness, Italy, miscairiages, fowk ridiculed for thair piety, sexual temptation, sick fowk, sickness, nuirices |
