== Life ==Caterina di Giacomo di Benincasa was born on 25 March 1347 in black death-ravaged Siena, Italy, to Giacomo di Benincasa, a cloth dyer who ran his enterprise with the help of his sons, and Lapa Piagenti, possibly the daughter of a local poet.
Od 18. junija 1866 je skupaj s svetim Frančiškom Asiškim ena od dveh zavetnikov Italije.