RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Catherine of Genoa

1447 - 1510

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Catherine of Genoa (born Caterina Fieschi Adorno; 1447 – 15 September 1510) was an Italian Catholic saint and mystic, known for her work among the sick and the poor and remembered because of various writings describing both these actions and her mystical experiences. She was a member of the noble Fieschi family, and spent most of her life and her means serving the sick, especially during the plague which ravaged Genoa in 1497 and 1501. She died in that city in 1510. Her fame outside her native city is connected with the publication in 1551 of the book known in English as the Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine of Genoa is the 1,599th most popular religious figure (down from 1,184th in 2019), the 2,119th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,710th in 2019) and the 404th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Catherine of Genoa ranks 1,599 out of 3,187. Before her are Antipope Innocent III, Olimpia Maidalchini, Saint Aurelius, Francesco Monterisi, Hōnen, and Shaykh Ahmad. After her are Akile Hatun, Fructuosus, Jean Daniélou, Pietro I Orseolo, Macarius of Alexandria, and John Ball.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1447, Catherine of Genoa ranks 6. Before her are Bayezid II, Chenghua Emperor, Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, Philippe de Commines, and Giovanni Antonio Amadeo. After her are Pietro Riario, Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, Constantine II of Georgia, and Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia. Among people deceased in 1510, Catherine of Genoa ranks 12. Before her are Francisco de Almeida, Juan de la Cosa, Mihnea cel Rău, Giovanni Sforza, Frederick of Saxony, and Sidonie of Poděbrady. After her are Mandukhai, Georges d'Amboise, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Alexander II of Imereti, and Yusuf Adil Shah.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Catherine of Genoa ranks 2,119 out of 5,161. Before her are Attica (-55), Margaret of Durazzo (1347), Faustina Bordoni (1697), Andrea Sacchi (1599), Bobby Solo (1945), and Eugenio Barba (1936). After her are Agostino di Duccio (1418), Luciano Leggio (1925), Nicola Salvi (1697), Piero del Pollaiolo (1443), Gaius Terentius Varro (-300), and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (1964).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Catherine of Genoa ranks 404. Before her are Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587), Federico Borromeo (1564), Antoninus of Florence (1389), Scipione Rebiba (1504), Antipope Innocent III (1150), and Olimpia Maidalchini (1591). After her are Pietro I Orseolo (928), Antipope Callixtus III (null), Andrew Corsini (1301), Marco d'Aviano (1631), Nicola Canali (1874), and Vigilius of Trent (355).

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