This medal is permanently lasered in full color and is guaranteed for a lifetime
All Religious Medals are Customizable. We can change the spelling, your language, names
etc,
ex: change "Pray for Us" to "Pray For Me". Just let us know in "special instructions"
if you would like it for a charm bracelet, request a split ring instead of a bail in the
"special instructions"
Saint Catherine of Siena, O.P. (March 25, 1347 April 29, 1380) was a Tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a
Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She also worked to bring the Papacy back to Rome from its displacement
in
France, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states.
In about 1366, St Catherine experienced what she described in her letters as a "Mystical Marriage" with Jesus,
after
which she began to tend the sick and serve the poor. In 1370, she received a series of visions of Hell,
Purgatory,
and Heaven, after which she heard a command to leave her withdrawn life and enter the public life of the world.
Being
illiterate, she dictated several letters to men and women in authority, especially begging for peace between
the
republics and principalities of Italy and for the return of the Papacy from Avignon to Rome. She carried on a
long
correspondence with Pope Gregory XI, also asking him to reform the clergy and the administration of the Papal
States.
St Catherine died of a stroke in Rome, the spring of 1380, at the age of thirty-three. The people of Siena
wished to
have her body. There is a myth that explains how Catherine's head was able to get to Siena, where it has been
entombed in the Basilica of San Domenico. The people of Siena knew they could not get her whole body past Roman
guards and decided to take only her head which they placed in a bag. They were still stopped by guards and they
prayed to St Catherine to help them because they knew Catherine would rather be in Siena. When they opened the
bag to
show the guards, it no longer held her head, but was full of rose petals. Once they got back to Siena they
reopened
the bag and her head reappeared. Due of this myth, St Catherine is often seen holding a rose.
Saint Catherine's body is buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, which is near the
Pantheon.
She is the Patron Saint of Italy along with Saint Francis of Assisi.
In 1999, Pope John Paul II made her one of Europe's patron saints.
Item can be engraved with message, names, dates or monogram.
Engraving doesn't delay your shipment.
Available in Solid 10K &14K Yellow or White Gold, or Sterling Silver
Is a Chain Included? You can choose which chain to add to your order when checking out
Pendant Bail - fits up to 4mm chain. We can make bail larger, just let us know in the special instructions upon ordering
All Sterling Silver is protected with a tarnish resistance to help it last for years without tarnishing.
