Catherine of Siena : a life of passion and purpose / André Vauchez ; translated by Michael F. Cusato, OFM.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vauchez, André, author.

Contributor:

Cusato, Michael F., translator.

Standardized Title:

Catherine de Sienne. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380.

Catherine.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 182 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, New Jersey : Paulist Press, [2018]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) has been a doctor of the church since 1970. History recalls that she was outspoken, as well as being a mystic, visionary, and prophet. This is a portrait of a driven women who never ceased giving her life for her faith and the well being of her fellow man. What results is a real life portrait of a woman who experienced monumental crises such as the black plague, the Hundred Year War, internecine fighting in Italy, and papal exile in Avignon. This tertiary Dominican, who did not know how to read or write, became the confidant and critic of the powerful: princes, kings, bishops, and popes.

Contents:

1 A Biographical Sketch: Catherine-from Siena to Rome, 1347-1380 1

Siena at the Time of Catherine Benincasa 2

The Years of Her Childhood and Adolescence 11

The Origins and Development of Her Reputation for Holiness 16

Catherine's Tripartite Program: Rome, Crusade, Reform 36

Catherine's Involvement in the Politics of Italy: Her Sojourn in Avignon 44

In the Tumult of the Great Schism: The Crusade against the Antichrist 59

2 Becoming Saint Catherine of Siena 70

Venice: The First Center of Catherine's Cult 71

Her Canonization and the Dissemination of Her Writings 75

Catherine: From Italian National Heroine to Doctor of the Church 80

3 Interpretations and Depictions of Catherine of Siena in the Middle Ages 86

Catherine as Viewed by Her Medieval Biographers 86

Catherine of Siena according to Her Own Writings 93

4 In Search of Catherine: An Unconventional Personality 102

"Holy Anorexia"; Fashioning of a Spiritual Body 102

The Mystic of Love and the Language of the Body 107

A Woman in Church and Society: Was Catherine a Feminist? 114

Catherine of Siena: Prophetess of Spiritual Renewal 122

The Virtue of Writing: Catherine as Author 133

Catherine and the Dominican Observant Reform Movement and a New Religious Project for Women 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Vauchez, André. Catherine of Siena.

ISBN:

9780809153411

0809153416

OCLC:

1022074669

Publisher Number:

99977213157