Caterina da Siena (1347–1380)
Author of The Dialogue
About the Author
Born into a relatively comfortable family of Siena, Catherine opted for the life of asceticism from an early age. She became a Dominican tertiary at 16, refused to marry, and became a recluse. Beginning in 1370 she devoted herself to charitable works in her city, including a ministry to lepers. show more Gradually, she developed a reputation as a woman who used her personal charismatic authority in resolving conflict. She is credited with encouraging the pope to return to Rome after the Avignon "Captivity," as well as with helping to resolve the Great Western Schism. Her asceticism and personal magnetism attracted many followers. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: The Ecstasy of St Catherine of Siena
Pompeo Batoni
1743
Works by Caterina da Siena
Catherine of Siena: Passion for the Truth--Compassion for Humanity (2005) — Author — 170 copies, 2 reviews
A Life of Total Prayer: Selected Writings of Catherine of Siena (Upper Room Spiritual Classics. Series 3) (2000) 26 copies
Io, serva e schiava 4 copies
La verità dell'amore 3 copies
The orcherd of Syon 3 copies
Le cose più belle 3 copies
Le lettere di S. Caterina da Siena 2 copies
Cartes i pensaments 2 copies
Teologia dell'amore 2 copies
Il Libro 2 copies
{Epistolario} 3 1 copy
Epistolario III 1 copy
Epistolario 1 copy
Epistolario II 1 copy
Lettres 1 copy
{Epistolario} 2. 1 copy
{Epistolario} 1 1 copy
Le orazioni 1 copy
Katharina von Siena: Briefe für die Erneuerung der Kirche: Briefe für eine Erneuerung der Kirche (2011) 1 copy
Obras De Santa Catalina De Siena, El Dialogo. Introduccion, Traduccion Y Notas de Angel Morta 1 copy
Catherine of Sienna 1 copy
Caterina Da Siena Dialogo della Divina Provvidenza — Author — 1 copy
Writings of Catherine of Siena (Upper Room Spiritual Classics) (Upper Room Spritual Classics) (2017) 1 copy
Lettere di santa Caterina 1 copy
Associated Works
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West (Compass) (2002) — Contributor — 529 copies, 9 reviews
Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women (1994) — Contributor — 389 copies, 5 reviews
Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (1996) — Contributor — 229 copies, 1 review
The Divine Office, Volume 1: Daily Prayer for Advent, Christmastide and Weeks 1-9 (1974) — Contributor — 197 copies, 1 review
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume II Lenten Season and Easter Season) (1974) — Contributor — 189 copies
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume III: The Weeks of the Year 6 - 34) (1974) — Contributor — 72 copies
Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (2012) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Benincasa, Caterina
- Other names
- Benin, Catherine (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1347-03-25
- Date of death
- 1380-04-29
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- philosopher
mystic
theologian - Organizations
- Dominican Order
Roman Catholic Church - Awards and honors
- Canonised (1461)
Doctor of the Church (1970) - Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Siena, Italy
- Places of residence
- Siena, Italy
- Place of death
- Rome, Papal States
- Burial location
- High Altar, Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy
Shrine of St. Catherine of Siena, Siena, Italy - Associated Place (for map)
- Siena, Italy
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The Dialogue of St. Catherine Of Siena: A Conversation with God on Living Your Spiritual Life to the Fullest (Tan Classics) by Catherine of Siena
St Catherine of Siena's Dialogue describes the entire spiritual life through a series of conversations between God and the soul, represented by Catherine herself. Readers of The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena, will find her revelations from God as informative - and formative - as those who recognized her sanctity during her life.
There are no cookie-cutter saints. Jesus calls each person to holiness, yet he calls each of us in a unique way. Where can we find the guidance we need as we walk along our paths to God? Catherine’s legacy gives us a glimpse of the divine dealings with our souls. She is a sure guide along the way of loving service to our neighbors for the sake of Christ.
Dictated conversation between a thirty-one year old woman and God during an extended mystical episode. Noteworthy for its literary conceit of Christ as the bridge (a la Florence's Ponte Vecchio) upon which the soul can progress upward by stages.
Good translation, good notes -if you are new to Catherine, start here, if you are not new to her but prefer the Dialogues in English, stay here.
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