A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 86
March 9, A. d. 1463. 68 LEGENDS AND STORIES St. Catherine of Siena (^Lat. Sancta Catharina Senese, Yirgoadmirabilis, et gloriosa Sponsa Christi; Ital. Santa Caterlna diSiena, la Santissiina Vergine). She was the daughter of a dyer whodwelt near the Fonte-Branda, at Siena; his dwelling is now the… … (Razzi.) San Domenico, Siena. St. Catherine of Sieaa receiving the Stigmata. were angry at her refusal to marry, and greatly persecuted her, put*ting the most menial labors upon her, and treating her Avith greatharshness. But at length, her father saw her at prayer with a whitedove resting upon her…
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