Letters Of Catherine Benincasa
The collected letters of Saint Catherine of Siena, the remarkable fourteenth-century mystic who combined intense spiritual experiences with active engagement in church and political affairs. She wrote with passionate intensity to popes, nobles, and common people alike.
75 Chapters
Table of Contents
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TABLE OF PERSONS ADDRESSED
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ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA AS SEEN IN HER LETTERS
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CHIEF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAINT CATHERINE
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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC EVENTS
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TO MONNA ALESSA DEI SARACINI
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TO BENINCASA HER BROTHER WHEN HE WAS IN FLORENCE
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TO THE VENERABLE RELIGIOUS, BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA, OF THE ORDER OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AT THE WOOD OF THE LAKE
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TO MONNA AGNESE WHO WAS THE WIFE OF MESSER ORSO MALAVOLTI
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TO SISTER EUGENIA, HER NIECE AT THE CONVENT OF SAINT AGNES OF MONTEPULCIANO
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TO NANNA, DAUGHTER OF BENINCASA A LITTLE MAID, HER NIECE, IN FLORENCE
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LETTERS ON THE CONSECRATED LIFE
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TO BROTHER WILLIAM OF ENGLAND OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF ST. AUGUSTINE
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TO DANIELLA OF ORVIETO CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF ST. DOMINIC
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TO MONNA AGNESE WIFE OF FRANCESCO, A TAILOR OF FLORENCE
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LETTERS IN RESPONSE TO CERTAIN CRITICISMS
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TO MONNA ORSA WIFE OF BARTOLO USIMBARDI AND TO MONNA AGNESE WIFE OF FRANCESCO DI PIPINO TAILOR OF FLORENCE
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TO A RELIGIOUS MAN IN FLORENCE WHO WAS SHOCKED AT HER ASCETIC PRACTICES
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TO BROTHER BARTOLOMEO DOMINICI OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS WHEN HE WAS BIBLE READER AT FLORENCE
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TO BROTHER MATTEO DI FRANCESCO TOLOMEI OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
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TO A MANTELLATA OF SAINT DOMINIC CALLED CATARINA DI SCETTO
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LETTERS TO NERI DI LANDOCCIO DEI PAGLIARESI
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TO MONNA GIOVANNA AND HER OTHER DAUGHTERS IN SIENA
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TO MESSER JOHN THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE AND HEAD OF THE COMPANY THAT CAME IN THE TIME OF FAMINE
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TO MONNA COLOMBA IN LUCCA
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TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
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TO GREGORY XI
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TO GREGORY XI
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TO GREGORY XI
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TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA AT AVIGNON
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TO CATARINA OF THE HOSPITAL AND GIOVANNA DI CAPO
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TO SISTER DANIELLA OF ORVIETO CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF SAINT DOMINIC WHO NOT BEING ABLE TO CARRY OUT HER GREAT PENANCES HAD FALLEN INTO DEEP AFFLICTION
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TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
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TO SISTER BARTOLOMEA DELLA SETA NUN IN THE CONVENT OF SANTO STEFANO AT PISA
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TO GREGORY XI
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TO THE KING OF FRANCE
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LETTERS TO FLORENCE
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TO THE EIGHT OF WAR CHOSEN BY THE COMMUNE OF FLORENCE, AT WHOSE INSTANCE THE SAINT WENT TO POPE GREGORY XI
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TO BUONACCORSO DI LAPO IN FLORENCE WRITTEN WHEN THE SAINT WAS AT AVIGNON
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TO GREGORY XI
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TO MONNA LAPA HER MOTHER BEFORE SHE RETURNED FROM AVIGNON
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TO MONNA GIOVANNA DI CORRADO MACONI
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TO MESSER RISTORO CANIGIANI
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TO THE ANZIANI AND CONSULS AND GONFALONIERI OF BOLOGNA
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TO NICHOLAS OF OSIMO
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TO MISSER LORENZO DEL PINO OF BOLOGNA, DOCTOR IN DECRETALS (WRITTEN IN TRANCE)
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LETTERS WRITTEN FROM ROCCA D'ORCIA
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TO MONNA LAPA HER MOTHER AND TO MONNA CECCA IN THE MONASTERY OF SAINT AGNES AT MONTEPULCIANO, WHEN SHE WAS AT ROCCA
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TO MONNA CATARINA OF THE HOSPITAL AND TO GIOVANNA DI CAPO IN SIENA
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TO MONNA ALESSA CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF SAINT DOMINIC, WHEN SHE WAS AT ROCCA
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TO GREGORY XI
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TO RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
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TO URBAN VI
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TO HER SPIRITUAL CHILDREN IN SIENA
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TO BROTHER WILLIAM AND TO MESSER MATTEO OF THE MISERICORDIA
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TO SANO DI MACO AND ALL HER OTHER SONS IN SIENA
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TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
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TO URBAN VI
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TO DON GIOVANNI OF THE CELLS OF VALLOMBROSA
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LETTERS ANNOUNCING PEACE
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TO MONNA ALESSA WHEN THE SAINT WAS AT FLORENCE
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TO SANO DI MACO AND TO THE OTHER SONS IN CHRIST WHILE SHE WAS IN FLORENCE
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TO THREE ITALIAN CARDINALS
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TO GIOVANNA QUEEN OF NAPLES
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TO SISTER DANIELLA OF ORVIETO
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TO STEFANO MACONI
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TO CERTAIN HOLY HERMITS WHO HAD BEEN INVITED TO ROME BY THE POPE
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TO BROTHER WILLIAM OF ENGLAND AND BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA AT LECCETO
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TO BROTHER ANDREA OF LUCCA TO BROTHER BALDO AND TO BROTHER LANDO SERVANTS OF GOD IN SPOLETO, WHEN THEY WERE SUMMONED BY THE HOLY FATHER
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TO BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AT THE CONVENT OF LECCETO NEAR SIENA
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TO QUEEN GIOVANNA OF NAPLES (WRITTEN IN TRANCE)
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TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF THE PREACHING ORDER WHEN HE WAS IN GENOA
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TO URBAN VI
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LETTERS DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCE PRECEDING DEATH
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TO MASTER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA
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TO MASTER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS