Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
Catherine of Siena (1347 – 1380) was an Italian philosopher of the Medieval era, associated with Medieval Philosophy and Christian Philosophy.
Catherine of Siena was an Italian Dominican tertiary, mystic, and political activist whose influence on the fourteenth-century Church was extraordinary for a woman of her time. From a large Sienese dyer's family, she received no formal education but learned to read and write in the course of an interior life of intense visions and ascetic practice. Her Dialogue of Divine Providence is one of the great works of Italian mystical literature, while her nearly four hundred surviving letters intervened in papal and political affairs across Europe. She helped to persuade Pope Gregory XI to return from Avignon to Rome and was named a Doctor of the Church in 1970.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Italian
- Era
- Medieval
- Movements
- Medieval Philosophy, Christian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”
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“All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, I am the way.”
The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven. -
Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze.”
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Attributed to Catherine of Siena:
“Start being brave about everything.”
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- Catherine of Siena was an Italian Dominican tertiary, mystic, and political activist whose influence on the fourteenth-century Church was extraordinary for a woman of her time.
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