Setting the world on fire: the brief, astonishing life of St. Catherine of Siena 9781137279804, 9781466879195, 113727980X

"One of only two patron saints of Italy, the other being St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine was ahead of her time

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English Pages xxi, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm Year 2016

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Table of contents :
Chronology --
A Bright Little Girl --
A First Glimpse of Christ --
Kiss Me with a Kiss of Your Mouth --
Just What the Times Needed --
Fighting off Threats --
Bearing the Wounds of Christ --
The Spilling of Blood --
The Move to Rome --
Brilliant Work --
A Turn for the Worse --
Spiritual Anxiety --
The End of a Saintly Experience --
Epilogue.

Setting the world on fire: the brief, astonishing life of St. Catherine of Siena
 9781137279804, 9781466879195, 113727980X

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