Catherine of siena

Saint of the Day – 29 April – St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) Doctor of the Church, Virgin, Stigmatist, Mystic, Scholastic Philosopher and Theologian, Writer, Reformer, Adviser, Media…

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29 April is the feast of St Catherine of Siena, Dominican mystic and saint, who is patroness of Europe. This painting of the saint contemplating Christ Crucified is from the Dominican nuns' convent at Caleruega, Spain.

St. Catherine of Siena.

St, Katherine of Siena - Tiepolo. Vienna, 2013

Cristofano Allori - Saint Catherine of Siena in Prayer. c. 1610, 107.6 x 89.4 cm, Oil on canvas, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Algar H. Meadows Collection

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Sister Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588) Santa Catarina de Siena, was a self-taught nun-artist and the first-known female Renaissance painter of Florence, Italy.

Kathleen M Obara on Instagram: “+++ FEAST DAY OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA - APRIL 29 +++ St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy…”