RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Catherine of Siena

1347 - 1380

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Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), known as Catherine of Siena, was an Italian mystic and pious laywoman who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy. Canonized in 1461, she is revered as a saint and as a Doctor of the Church due to her extensive theological authorship. She is also considered to have influenced Italian literature. Born and raised in Siena, Catherine wanted from an early age to devote herself to God, against the will of her parents. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine of Siena is the 223rd most popular religious figure (down from 155th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 178th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Catherine of Siena was a medieval Italian saint who was a tertiary of the Dominican Order and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She was also a mystic and ascetic who lived a life of poverty.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Catherine of Siena ranks 223 out of 3,187. Before her are Salome, Pope Honorius III, Pope Alexander III, Pope Adrian V, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and Bernadette Soubirous. After her are Saint Dominic, Saint Sebastian, Joshua, Pope Clement II, Bridget of Sweden, and Pope Lucius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1347, Catherine of Siena ranks 1. After her are Elizabeth of Pomerania, Emperor Go-Kameyama, Frederick III, Duke of Austria, Beatrice of Portugal, Margaret of Durazzo, Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden, and Dorothea of Montau. Among people deceased in 1380, Catherine of Siena ranks 2. Before her is Charles V of France. After her are Haakon VI of Norway, Bertrand du Guesclin, Mamai, Inca Roca, Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Emperor Kōmyō, Manuel Kantakouzenos, Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha, Margaret of Brabant, Countess of Flanders, and Theodoric of Prague.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Catherine of Siena ranks 233 out of 5,161. Before her are Terence Hill (1939), Pope Honorius III (1148), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Pope Alexander III (1100), Pope Adrian V (1205), and Pertinax (126). After her are Giovanni Bellini (1430), Vitellius (15), Luca Pacioli (1445), Pope Lucius III (1110), Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448), and Pope Benedict XIII (1649).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Catherine of Siena ranks 98. Before her are Pope John XIX (975), Pope Pius I (90), Pope John VIII (820), Pope Honorius III (1148), Pope Alexander III (1100), and Pope Adrian V (1205). After her are Pope Lucius III (1110), Pope Benedict XIII (1649), Pope Damasus I (305), Pope Marcellus I (255), Pope Innocent II (1100), and Anselm of Canterbury (1033).

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