Letters of Catherine BenincasaSAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA AS SEEN IN HER LETTERSVida Dutton Scudder translationChapter navigation75 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterSAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA AS SEEN IN HER LETTERSIntroductory materialTABLE OF PERSONS ADDRESSEDST. CATHERINE OF SIENA AS SEEN IN HER LETTERSCHIEF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAINT CATHERINEBRIEF TABLE OF CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC EVENTSTO MONNA ALESSA DEI SARACINITO BENINCASA HER BROTHER WHEN HE WAS IN FLORENCETO THE VENERABLE RELIGIOUS, BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA, OF THE ORDER OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AT THE WOOD OF THE LAKETO MONNA AGNESE WHO WAS THE WIFE OF MESSER ORSO MALAVOLTITO SISTER EUGENIA, HER NIECE AT THE CONVENT OF SAINT AGNES OF MONTEPULCIANOTO NANNA, DAUGHTER OF BENINCASA A LITTLE MAID, HER NIECE, IN FLORENCELETTERS ON THE CONSECRATED LIFETO BROTHER WILLIAM OF ENGLAND OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF ST. AUGUSTINETO DANIELLA OF ORVIETO CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF ST. DOMINICTO MONNA AGNESE WIFE OF FRANCESCO, A TAILOR OF FLORENCELETTERS IN RESPONSE TO CERTAIN CRITICISMSTO MONNA ORSA WIFE OF BARTOLO USIMBARDI AND TO MONNA AGNESE WIFE OF FRANCESCO DI PIPINO TAILOR OF FLORENCETO A RELIGIOUS MAN IN FLORENCE WHO WAS SHOCKED AT HER ASCETIC PRACTICESTO BROTHER BARTOLOMEO DOMINICI OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS WHEN HE WAS BIBLE READER AT FLORENCETO BROTHER MATTEO DI FRANCESCO TOLOMEI OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO A MANTELLATA OF SAINT DOMINIC CALLED CATARINA DI SCETTOLETTERS TO NERI DI LANDOCCIO DEI PAGLIARESITO MONNA GIOVANNA AND HER OTHER DAUGHTERS IN SIENATO MESSER JOHN THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE AND HEAD OF THE COMPANY THAT CAME IN THE TIME OF FAMINETO MONNA COLOMBA IN LUCCATO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO GREGORY XITO GREGORY XITO GREGORY XITO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA AT AVIGNONTO CATARINA OF THE HOSPITAL AND GIOVANNA DI CAPOTO 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 AFFLICTIONTO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO SISTER BARTOLOMEA DELLA SETA NUN IN THE CONVENT OF SANTO STEFANO AT PISATO GREGORY XITO THE KING OF FRANCELETTERS TO FLORENCETO THE EIGHT OF WAR CHOSEN BY THE COMMUNE OF FLORENCE, AT WHOSE INSTANCE THE SAINT WENT TO POPE GREGORY XITO BUONACCORSO DI LAPO IN FLORENCE WRITTEN WHEN THE SAINT WAS AT AVIGNONTO GREGORY XITO MONNA LAPA HER MOTHER BEFORE SHE RETURNED FROM AVIGNONTO MONNA GIOVANNA DI CORRADO MACONITO MESSER RISTORO CANIGIANITO THE ANZIANI AND CONSULS AND GONFALONIERI OF BOLOGNATO NICHOLAS OF OSIMOTO MISSER LORENZO DEL PINO OF BOLOGNA, DOCTOR IN DECRETALS (WRITTEN IN TRANCE)LETTERS WRITTEN FROM ROCCA D'ORCIATO MONNA CATARINA OF THE HOSPITAL AND TO GIOVANNA DI CAPO IN SIENATO MONNA ALESSA CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF SAINT DOMINIC, WHEN SHE WAS AT ROCCATO GREGORY XITO RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO URBAN VITO HER SPIRITUAL CHILDREN IN SIENATO BROTHER WILLIAM AND TO MESSER MATTEO OF THE MISERICORDIATO SANO DI MACO AND ALL HER OTHER SONS IN SIENATO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO URBAN VITO DON GIOVANNI OF THE CELLS OF VALLOMBROSALETTERS ANNOUNCING PEACETO MONNA ALESSA WHEN THE SAINT WAS AT FLORENCETO SANO DI MACO AND TO THE OTHER SONS IN CHRIST WHILE SHE WAS IN FLORENCETO THREE ITALIAN CARDINALSTO GIOVANNA QUEEN OF NAPLESTO SISTER DANIELLA OF ORVIETOTO STEFANO MACONITO CERTAIN HOLY HERMITS WHO HAD BEEN INVITED TO ROME BY THE POPETO BROTHER WILLIAM OF ENGLAND AND BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA AT LECCETOTO BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AT THE CONVENT OF LECCETO NEAR SIENATO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF THE PREACHING ORDER WHEN HE WAS IN GENOATO URBAN VILETTERS DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCE PRECEDING DEATHTO MASTER RAIMONDO OF CAPUATO MASTER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →Introductory materialAll chapters and sections (75)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsSAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA AS SEEN IN HER LETTERSOpening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsTABLE OF PERSONS ADDRESSEDST. CATHERINE OF SIENA AS SEEN IN HER LETTERSCHIEF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAINT CATHERINEBRIEF TABLE OF CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC EVENTSTO MONNA ALESSA DEI SARACINITO BENINCASA HER BROTHER WHEN HE WAS IN FLORENCETO THE VENERABLE RELIGIOUS, BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA, OF THE ORDER OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AT THE WOOD OF THE LAKETO MONNA AGNESE WHO WAS THE WIFE OF MESSER ORSO MALAVOLTITO SISTER EUGENIA, HER NIECE AT THE CONVENT OF SAINT AGNES OF MONTEPULCIANOTO NANNA, DAUGHTER OF BENINCASA A LITTLE MAID, HER NIECE, IN FLORENCELETTERS ON THE CONSECRATED LIFETO BROTHER WILLIAM OF ENGLAND OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF ST. AUGUSTINETO DANIELLA OF ORVIETO CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF ST. DOMINICTO MONNA AGNESE WIFE OF FRANCESCO, A TAILOR OF FLORENCELETTERS IN RESPONSE TO CERTAIN CRITICISMSTO MONNA ORSA WIFE OF BARTOLO USIMBARDI AND TO MONNA AGNESE WIFE OF FRANCESCO DI PIPINO TAILOR OF FLORENCETO A RELIGIOUS MAN IN FLORENCE WHO WAS SHOCKED AT HER ASCETIC PRACTICESTO BROTHER BARTOLOMEO DOMINICI OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS WHEN HE WAS BIBLE READER AT FLORENCETO BROTHER MATTEO DI FRANCESCO TOLOMEI OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO A MANTELLATA OF SAINT DOMINIC CALLED CATARINA DI SCETTOLETTERS TO NERI DI LANDOCCIO DEI PAGLIARESITO MONNA GIOVANNA AND HER OTHER DAUGHTERS IN SIENATO MESSER JOHN THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE AND HEAD OF THE COMPANY THAT CAME IN THE TIME OF FAMINETO MONNA COLOMBA IN LUCCATO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO GREGORY XITO GREGORY XITO GREGORY XITO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA AT AVIGNONTO CATARINA OF THE HOSPITAL AND GIOVANNA DI CAPOTO 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 AFFLICTIONTO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO SISTER BARTOLOMEA DELLA SETA NUN IN THE CONVENT OF SANTO STEFANO AT PISATO GREGORY XITO THE KING OF FRANCELETTERS TO FLORENCETO THE EIGHT OF WAR CHOSEN BY THE COMMUNE OF FLORENCE, AT WHOSE INSTANCE THE SAINT WENT TO POPE GREGORY XITO BUONACCORSO DI LAPO IN FLORENCE WRITTEN WHEN THE SAINT WAS AT AVIGNONTO GREGORY XITO MONNA LAPA HER MOTHER BEFORE SHE RETURNED FROM AVIGNONTO MONNA GIOVANNA DI CORRADO MACONITO MESSER RISTORO CANIGIANITO THE ANZIANI AND CONSULS AND GONFALONIERI OF BOLOGNATO NICHOLAS OF OSIMOTO MISSER LORENZO DEL PINO OF BOLOGNA, DOCTOR IN DECRETALS (WRITTEN IN TRANCE)LETTERS WRITTEN FROM ROCCA D'ORCIATO MONNA CATARINA OF THE HOSPITAL AND TO GIOVANNA DI CAPO IN SIENATO MONNA ALESSA CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF SAINT DOMINIC, WHEN SHE WAS AT ROCCATO GREGORY XITO RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO URBAN VITO HER SPIRITUAL CHILDREN IN SIENATO BROTHER WILLIAM AND TO MESSER MATTEO OF THE MISERICORDIATO SANO DI MACO AND ALL HER OTHER SONS IN SIENATO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTO URBAN VITO DON GIOVANNI OF THE CELLS OF VALLOMBROSALETTERS ANNOUNCING PEACETO MONNA ALESSA WHEN THE SAINT WAS AT FLORENCETO SANO DI MACO AND TO THE OTHER SONS IN CHRIST WHILE SHE WAS IN FLORENCETO THREE ITALIAN CARDINALSTO GIOVANNA QUEEN OF NAPLESTO SISTER DANIELLA OF ORVIETOTO STEFANO MACONITO CERTAIN HOLY HERMITS WHO HAD BEEN INVITED TO ROME BY THE POPETO BROTHER WILLIAM OF ENGLAND AND BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA AT LECCETOTO BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AT THE CONVENT OF LECCETO NEAR SIENATO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF THE PREACHING ORDER WHEN HE WAS IN GENOATO URBAN VILETTERS DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCE PRECEDING DEATHTO MASTER RAIMONDO OF CAPUATO MASTER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERSTRANSLATED & EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION BY VIDA D. 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