Catherine of Siena
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Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa, TOSD, known as Catherine of Siena, was an Italian Catholic mystic and diplomat who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy.
St. Catherine of Siena by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The house of Saint Catherine in Siena
Statuette by Neroccio di Bartolomeo de' Landi (1475)
Giovanni di Paolo, The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
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Santa Maria sopra Minerva is a minor basilica church and one of the major churches of the Dominican order in Rome, Italy. The church's name derives from the fact that the first Christian church struct
Catherine of Siena
…defend what she calls the "vessel of the Church". She died on 29 April 1380, exhausted by her rigorous fasting. Her funeral and burial took place in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. Devotion to Catherine developed rapidly after her death. Pope Pius II canonised her in 1461; she was declared a patron saint of Rome in 1866…
Santa Maria sopra Minerva façade by Carlo Maderno
Interior of church
Cloister of the Basilica of Saint Mary of Minerva
The painted ceiling of the nave.