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St. Catherine of Sienna - English
URL: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CSIENA.htm

St. Catherine was born at Sienna, in 1347. Her father, James Benincasa, by trade a dyer, was a virtuous man; and though blessed with temporal prosperity, always chiefly solicitous to leave to his children a solid inheritance of virtue, by his example, and by deeply instilling into them lessons of piety.

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Saint Catherine of Siena - English
URL: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CATSIENA.htm

The Middle Ages were drawing to a close and the brave new world of the Renaissance was springing to life when Catherine Benincasa was born. The place was Siena, and the day was the feast of the Annunciation, 1347. Catherine and a twin sister who did not long survive were the youngest of twenty-five children.

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St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380 - English
URL: http://www.cin.org/saints/cathsiena.html

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Catherine Benicasa was born in Siena in 1347, the youngest of a very large family. Her father, Giacomo, was a prosperous wool-dyer, the comfort of whose home may be gauged even today by visiting the large house in which he brought up his family, still preserved though considerably altered, through the intervening centuries. His wife, Monna Lapa, was the capable and energetic ruler of this lively family.

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Catherine of Siena, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 - English
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/CathrinSi.html

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1347–80, Italian mystic and diplomat, a member of the third order of the Dominicans, Doctor of the Church. The daughter of Giacomo Benincasa, a Sienese dyer, Catherine from early childhood had mystic visions and practiced austerities; she also showed the devotion to others and the winning manner that characterized her life. At age 16 she entered the Dominican order as a tertiary and lived at home.

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Domestic-Church.Com:Saint Profile: Saint Catherine of Siena - English
URL: http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19980301/SAINTS/ST_CATH.HTM

Saint Profiles: A brief history of the life of a saint in three accounts, for young families (children 0-8), for practiced families (children 8-14), and experienced families (children 14-adult). By Catherine Fournier.

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Biography: Catherine of Sienna, reformer and teacher (29 Apr 1380) - English
URL: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/04/29.html

Catherine Benincasa, born in 1347, was the youngest (one of my sources says the 23rd) of twenty-five children of a wealthy dyer of Sienna (or Siena). At the age of six, she had a vision of Christ in glory, surrounded by His saints. From that time on, she spent most of her time in prayer and meditation, over the opposition of her parents, who wanted her to be more like the average girl of her social class. Eventually they gave in, and at the age of sixteen she joined the Third Order of St. Dominic (First Order = friars, Second Order = nuns, Third Order = laypersons), where she became a nurse, caring for patients with leprosy and advanced cancer whom other nurses disliked to treat.

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Saint Catherine of Siena - English
URL: http://www.adena.com/adena/sts/siena.htm

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Catherine of Siena was one of the greatest women that ever lived. When she was a little girl, our dear Lord appeared to her. "Please give me your heart," he asked. She gave it willingly. Jesus gave her His Sacred Heart in return. Many rich young men wanted to marry this beautiful girl. Instead, she became a Dominican sister.

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Patron Saints Index: Saint Catherine of Siena - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintc02.htm

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Patron Saint Index profile of Catherine of Siena; illustrated. Youngest child in a large family. At the age of 6 she had a vision in which Jesus appeared and blessed her. Her parents wanted her to marry, but she became a Dominican tertiary. Mystic. Stigmatist. Received a vision in which she was in a mystical marriage with Christ, and the Infant Christ presented her with a wedding ring. Counselor to Pope Gregory XI and Pope Urban VI. Proclaimed Doctor of the Church on 4 October 1970.

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