Feast of Dominican Saint Catherine of Siena

Today is the feast of St Catherine of Siena. Catherine was born  in the Italian town on March 25, 1347 and died on April 29, 1380.

Catherine was a Dominican and one of four women to be a Doctor of the Church.

Pope Pius II canonised her on June 29, 1461. He too was from Siena.

Pope Paul VI named Catherine a Doctor of the Church in 1970.

Wise words from St Catherine: “Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.” 

The other women Doctors of the Church are Teresa of Avila, Thérèse of Lisieux and Hildegard of Bingen