Catherine of Siena
Subtitle: a passionate life
By: Don Brophy
Publisher: BlueBridge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781933346281
Subjects: Christian saints; Biography
Description: "In an age when most women were shuttered in kitchens or convents, Catherine--the unschooled daughter of a Sienese dyer--engaged in political, social, and spiritual activism. Enflamed by her convictions and mystical devotion, she strove to restore harmony to the world and to lift up the people. She contended with popes, monarchs, and ordinary citizens, cajoling, begging, and--when nothing else worked--commanding people to do her will. She campaigned for peace among the warring factions of her native Tuscany, struggled to reform the church, and helped persuade Pope Gregory XI to leave Avignon and return to Rome. For all this she was both praised and reviled, revered as a holy woman by her friends and disciples, and nearly assassinated by some of her enemies. Exhausted by work and austerities, she died when she was only thirty-three years old--all-consumed by her inner fire"--Cover, p. 2.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: The dyer's daughter; title: The mantle; title: The room; title: The city; title: "Our most kind mamma"; title: A time of testing; title: "Sweet holy crusade"; title: "The bed of fire and blood"; title: Encounter in Avignon; title: New foundations; title: Fulfillment and disintegration; title: Catherine in Rome; title: Crossing the bridge.