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
Catherine de' Ricci, OP, was an Italian nun in the Third Order of Saint Dominic. She is believed to have had miraculous visions and corporeal encounters with Jesus Christ. She is also said to have spo
Relics of Catherine de Ricci in the Basilica dei Santi Vincenzo e Caterina de' Ricci