Saint Catherine of Genoa
Also known as: Apostle of Purgatory; Caterina Fieschi Adorno; Caterina of Genoa; Caterinetta
Saint
Feast Day
September 15
Died
September 15, 1510
Canonized
16 June 1737 by Pope Clement XII
Beatified
6 April 1675 by Pope Clement X
Biography
Saint Catherine of Genoa, born Catherine Fieschi into the noble family of Jacopo Fieschi and Francesca di Negro in Genoa, Italy, was a descendant of the papal lineage of Pope Innocent V and Pope Adrian V. As the youngest of five children, she exhibited profound piety from childhood, attempting to enter a convent at age thirteen but being denied due to her youth....
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