OF SIENNA ST. CATHERINE
\ɒv siːˈɛnə sənt], \ɒv siːˈɛnə sənt], \ɒ_v s_iː__ˈɛ_n_ə s_ə_n_t]\
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An Italian saint and religious writer; born in Sienna, Italy, 1347; died 1380. Her letters and treatises are greatly admired. She is styled "the seraphic virgin" on account of her insight into spiritual things. A new edition of her "Writings", dictated to her secretary by the saint in moments of ecstasy, appeared in 1896.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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