Biography: St. Catherine of Siena was born on March 25th, 1347 in Siena, Italy, during the infectious outbreak of the Black Plague. When Catherine was 16, her sister, Bonaventura died, as many of her siblings did during childhood, leaving her husband as a widower. Her parents proposed her to marry him as replacement to Bonaventura, which Catherine opposed. In objection, she cut her beautiful hair which her mother loved to weaken her appearance and began to fast. To this, her parents tried to resist her protests but however were unsuccessful. Her devotion to her family and challenging outcries convinced her family to allow her to resume her life normally. Catherine was to determined to serve her family with humility.
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Catherine began to take more notice of all public affairs and kept them noted. Catherine would write about the oppositions and defamation that resulted from her fearlessness with the world. She spoke with the amity and authority of one completely committed to Christ would. In Catherine’s vision, she was told to rejoin public life and aid the poor and sick. Catherine returned to her family and went to the public to assist the people in need. She would frequently visit hospitals and homes where the poor and sick inhabited. Her service quickly attracted followers who helped her pursue her mission to serve the poor and sick. Catherine was drawn further into the world as she worked and aided many people and began to travel. Catherine called for reform in the Church and asked for people to confess and love God utterly. She became invested in politics and was a key part in working to keep city-states loyal to the Pope; She also helped to start a crusade to the Holy Land. From 1375 on, St. Catherine had been dictating letters to scribes. She petitioned for peace and played a keen role in persuading the Pope to return to Rome.She also established a monastery for women in 1377. She is credited with writing over 400 letters, which is her definitive work including her prayers. Her works were so influential that St. Catherine would later be declared a Doctor of the Church. She is one of the most influential and popular saints in the Church.By 1380, Catherine had fallen ill, possibly due to her habit of extreme fasting. By, January of 1380, her illness increased and with that came her inability to eat and drink. Within weeks, she was unable to use her legs and her organs completely shut down. She died on April 29, following a stroke a week prior. She died surrounded by her “children” and was canonized in
From quite a young age, when many people do not know what they are doing with their lives, Mary had already decided that she wanted to be a nun and help people as much as she could, she wanted to help the poor and less fortunate than her. Mary worked with people and children and ...
...She was preparing candy for the local children around Christmas time. For about thirty years, Mother Cabrini had traveled regularly from place to place where her schools, orphanages, and hospitals were located. During her second mission, she started writing letters to the missionary sisters telling them about her travels and the daily events. To this day, the letters are still in great condition and still legible. Since Mother Cabrini died, she was sixty-seven years old and because of that, sixty-seven missions of the Institute have been established. Each is a different category of ministry including healing, teaching, caring, giving, and helping in the cities of United States as well as in Europe and South America. Her legacy still lives on to this day and as do her schools, hospitals, and orphanages.
What her reasons for it were I don’t know. But she did a good job. She raised twelve children. She led a good life.”
Catherine II, or more commonly known as Catherine the Great, reigned over Russia with the ideas of Enlightenment. These ideas are best seen in her attempt at a new law code, the Nakaz. From reading the Nakaz, someone can see that Catherine saw the Enlightenment ideas of natural law, freedom, and liberty as the most important. The new law code was created not only to enforce the enlightenment ideas, but also to have a more concise law code for the people of Russia. Catherine argued that a trend towards Enlightenment of government would help connect Russia with the West. The creation of the Nakaz served as a way for Catherine to try and incorporate an enlightened view into her ruling.
Catherine of Siena and Joan of Arc were small lapses in this model, since they did not come to power by wealth or economic status. Although they share many similarities, they have a few differences. Joan and Catherine stood out among millions of women and challenged the system of the time. Catherine of Siena was said to have received visions of Jesus, telling her to be kind to others and help the poor and sick. She was incredibly religious and did everything possible to help people at every turn. She also played a major role in moving the papacy from Avignon back to Rome. This made her very influential to others, and she gained a following. Joan and Catherine were incredibly similar in the ways that they gained fame through their visions, however, they differed in the motives that they had for their actions. Catherine went on to help many people in need, and was eventually made a saint of the Catholic Church. Her actions of kindness and grace ranked her in religious
Her husband died in 1882 and she never got remarried. After her husband died, her and her children moved back to Saint Louis. In 1885, her mother died. She
She wanted the pope to do these works because Rome is the capital of the Catholic Church, which should have the pope who formally represents God to guide the Christians. In addition, the pope should return to resolve the troubled situation in Rome during that time.
Catherine de’ Medici’s full name is Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de Medici. She was born in Florence, Italy, on April 13, 1519. Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de la Tour d’Auvergne, Countess of Boulogne, were her parents. Even though she was a female, they still adored her. Unfortunately, they both died within weeks of her birth. and she was left to be raised by her grandmother, Alfonsina Orsini, the spouse of Piero de Medici. Alfonsina died within a year, and Catherine was sent to stay with her aunt, Clarissa de Medici. Clarissa educated Catherine, along with her own children, and Catherine was happy in her new atmosphere living with her aunt.
Catherine of Siena was born in Italy in 1347 at a time when political and religious changes were affecting the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Dedicating her life to the Holy Spirit from a very young age, Catherine pursued a life of purity and simplicity that served as a background to her great literary work, The Dialogue of the Divine Providence . Her work focuses on the importance of prayer and its transcendent power in human life.
This is what started her on her mission as a nurse. In 1849 Florence went abroad to study the European hospital system. In 1853 she became the superintendent for the Hospital for Invalid Gentlewomen in London. In 1854 Florence raised the economic and productive aspect of women's status by volunteering to run all the nursing duties during the Crimean War. With her efforts, the mortality rates of the sick and wounded soldiers was reduced.
Catherine of Siena was a very strong minded lady. She only wanted things to go her way and she revolted if she did not like what was happening. She also did not care about what people said and she did what she thought was right and what made her happy, and I hope that I am that kind of person throughout my life. I see wisdom, courage, and knowledge in her. People back in her day may not of seen wisdom within her then, but I do now. She was a very wise person for being so young. She gives me the courage to go out and stand up for what I believe in even if not everybody agrees with it. She was a knowledgeable lady. Yes, she could read which would have been a lot of knowledge then, but I see knowledge just in who she was. I do not picture many females at that time really being like her, so to me she really stands out. She was a pretty awesome
Florence Nightingale believed that God called to her telling her to be a nurse and to help the young and sick around her. When Nightingale heard this “calling” something clicked and she knew it was her destiny to become a nurse. She grew up tending to the sick and the elderly on her fathers estates. (Manning). Florence Nightingale was named after her birthplace of Florence, Italy. She was born into a wealthy family who had many estates. (Manning). Growing up, Nightingale was homeschooled by her father. Nightingales father was very against nursing because he did not think it was a respectable profession for a young lady. (Manning). Nightingales father believed that young ladies should be out and meeting their suitors, Nightingale did just the opposite and started staying home to study and declining suitors. Her actions were not received well by her family, but ...
She died of a suicide and she that because at a certain point in her life she had enough of suffering.
Mother Teresa is one of the most recognized women in the world. Teresa brought in a revolutionary change in the world with her positive thoughts and love for humanity. Her missionary work started way back 1931 when she was still a little girl. She joined the Nuns as a kid in 1931, and she was later named Teresa from Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. It was in respect and honor of the Saints of Theresa. Mother Teresa’s missions were concentrated around helping the poor people with their basic needs such as food, water and shelter. She also demonstrated a lot of interest in taking care of the weak and defenseless people in the society. For example, it has been recorded that she spent a lot of time caring for the elderly, disabled and injured. At the same