St catherine of bologna biography of martin

Catherine of Bologna, Saint, Poor Clare and mystical writer, b. at Bologna, September 8, 1413; d. there, March 9, 1463. When she was ten years old, her father sent her to the court of the Marquis of Ferrara, Nicolo d’Este, as a companion to the Princess Margarita.

St catherine of bologna how did she die

Here Catherine pursued the study of literature and the fine arts; and a manuscript illuminated by her which once belonged to Pius IX is at present reckoned among the treasures of Oxford. After the marriage of the Princess Margarita to Roberto Malatesta, Prince of Rimini, Catherine returned home, and, determined to join the little company of devout maidens who were living in community and following the rule of the Third Order of St.

Augustine in the neighboring town of Ferrara. Later the community, yielding to the entreaties of Catherine, adopted the Rule of St. Clare, and in 1432 they were clothed with the habit, of the Second Order of St. Francis by the provincial of the Friars Minor.