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The story of Siena and San Gimignano (1902)

Gardner, Edmund Garratt, 1869-1935 · London : J.M. Dent & co. · leaf 92

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ist on earth endedhis unhappy pontificate. Fearful visions of demons beganto assail her, mingling with the celestial visitations of herDivine Spouse. Her bodily sufferings became unendur-able. She cried to God to receive the sacrifice of herlife in the mystical body of the Church. Praying in… … ^>/ Catherines Lamb The Story of Siena weeks of life that remained to her were one prolongedmartyrdom, out of which we have her last letter ^—written on February 15th, 1380—her farewell to FrateRaimondo, full of mystical exultation in her own suffer-ings, tanti dolci tormenti corporall. But all…

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