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Saint Catherine of Siena (13471380)
Catherine, St., of Siena. An Italian saint and religious writer; born in Siena, Italy, 1347; died in 1380. Her letters and treatises are greatly admired. She is styled “the seraphic virgin” on account of her insight into spiritual things. A new edition of her ‘Writings,’ dictated to her secretary by the saint in moments of ecstasy, appeared in 1896.