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Born and raised in Siena, Catherine wanted from an early age to devote herself to God, which was against the will of her parents. She joined the " mantellates ", a group of pious women, primarily widows, informally devoted to Dominican spirituality; later these types of urban pious groups would be formalized as the Third Order of the Dominicans ...
Anna Ivanovna Abrikosova TOSD (Russian: Анна Ивановна Абрикосова; 23 January 1882 – 23 July 1936), later known as Mother Catherine of Siena (Russian: Екатери́на Сие́нская, Ekaterína Siénskaya), was a Russian Greek Catholic religious sister and literary translator, who died after more than a decade of solitary confinement as a prisoner of conscience ...
Catherine Medici, Governor of Siena: 2 May 1593 17 Apr 1629 Ferdinand I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, no issue Vincent II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua: 7 Jan 1594 25 Dec 1627 Isabella Gonzaga, no issue Charles Medici, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina: 19 Mar 1595 17 Jun 1666 Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland [79] 9 Jun 1595 20 May 1648 1.
Outside Sweden, she was also known as the Princess of Nericia and was the mother of Catherine of Vadstena. [ 3 ] Bridget is one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia , Cyril and Methodius , Catherine of Siena and Teresa Benedicta of the Cross .
Catherine has remained a popular biographical subject to the present day. The American historian Garrett Mattingly was the author of a popular biography Katherine of Aragon in 1942. In 1966, Catherine and her many supporters at court were the subjects of Catherine of Aragon and her Friends, a biography by John E. Paul.
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On 18 June 1939, Pope Pius XII named Francis a joint patron saint of Italy along with Catherine of Siena with the apostolic letter "Licet Commissa". [77] Pope Pius also mentioned the two saints in the laudative discourse he pronounced on 5 May 1949, in the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. [citation needed]
Dylan Michael Douglas is one lucky son -- and he knows it!The 22-year-old son of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner at the Los Angeles premiere of Ant-Man ...