Catherine of Siena : selected letters / selected, translated, and introduced by Diana L. Villegas.
2025
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Title
Catherine of Siena : selected letters / selected, translated, and introduced by Diana L. Villegas.
Uniform Title
Correspondence. Selections. English
ISBN
9780809106752 hardcover
0809106752 hardcover
9780809188857 electronic book
0809106752 hardcover
9780809188857 electronic book
Published
New York : Paulist Press, [2025]
Language
English
Description
xvii, 305 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"This volume offers a fresh translation of St. Catherine of Siena's letters that are faithful to the oral, metaphor-filled language of an uneducated woman"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
Translated from the Italian.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface
Notes on translation
Abbreviations of frequent references
Introduction. Catherine's formation and vocation ; The letters: numbering, dating, construction ; Essential concepts of Catherine's spirituality
Nuns. Letter 73 to Costanza, Nun at Sant'Abbondio, Siena ; Letter 182 to Bartalomea, Nun at Santo Stefano, Pisa ; Letter 26 to Eugenia, Nun at Saint Agnes, Montepulciano ; Letter 86 to the Abbess of Santa Maria delli Scalzi, Florence
Mantellate and close lay male disciples. Letter 99 to Neri di Landoccio Pagliaresi, disciple ; Letter 132 to Multiple Sienese Mantellate ; Letter 125 to Nera, prioress of Sienese Mantellate ; Letter 214 to Caterina and Giovanna, Mantellate ; Letter 49 to Alessa dei Saracini, Mantellata ; Letter 213 to Daniela, Mantellata in Orvieto ; Letter 186 to Neri di Landoccio Pagliaresi, disciple
Friars and monks. Letter 41 to Tommaso dalla Fonte, cousin and Dominican friar ; Letter 127 to Bartolomeo Dominici and Tommaso d'Antonio and 146 to Bartolomeo Dominici
Dominican friars ; Letter 134 to Bartolomeo and Jacomo, hermits ; Letter 36 to novices at Monte Oliveto Monastery ; Letter 51 to Felice da Massa, Augustinian hermit ; Letter 326 to William Flete and Antonio da Nizza, Augustinian hermits ; Letter 33 to the Abbot of Monte Oliveto Monastery ; Letter 154 to Francesco Tedaldi, Carthusian
Raymond of Capua. Letter 219 ; Letter 267 ; Letter 272 (postscript) ; Letter 373
Ecclesiastical authorities. Popes ; Letter 185 to Gregory XI ; Letter 252 to Gregory XI ; Letter 305 to Urban VI ; Cardinals, Bishops ; Letter 181 to Cardinal Nicola da Osimo ; Letter 16 to an important Prelate ; Letter 7 to Cardinal Pietro da Ostia
Civil authorities. Letter 149 to Piero Gambacorta, Pisan official ; Letter 131 to Nicolo Soderini, Florentine political leader ; Letter 143 to Giovanna, Queen of Naples ; Letter 266 to Ristoro Canigiani, Florentine political leader ; Letter 358 to Andrea Vanni, painter and political leader of Siena
Knights, military leaders. Letter 374 to Bartolomeo Smeducci, knight ; Letter 256 to Niccolo, Prior of the Knights Hospitallers ; Letter 347 to Alberigo da Barbiano, Captain of the Company of St. George
Other laymen and women. Letter 130 to Ipolito, Florentine widower ; Letter 241 to Giovanna, mother of a disciple ; Letter 120 to Rabe, wife of Francesco Tolomei ; Letter 95 to young men mentored by Fr. Giovanni dalle Celle ; Letter 113 to Bandecca Salimbeni, widow ; Letter 375 to an unknown layman ; Letter 307 to a Florentine woman ; Letter 13 to Marco Bindi, merchant ; Letter 300 to Agnesa, wife of Francesco Pipino ; Letter 249 to Francesco Pipino, tailor and Agnesa, his wife
Family. Letter 14 to Benincasa, Stefano, and Bartolomeo, three older brothers ; Letter 1 to Lapa, mother ; Letter 117 to Lapa, mother, and to Monna Cecca
Appendix 1: ISIME critical text
Appendix 2: List of letters in numerical order
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes on translation
Abbreviations of frequent references
Introduction. Catherine's formation and vocation ; The letters: numbering, dating, construction ; Essential concepts of Catherine's spirituality
Nuns. Letter 73 to Costanza, Nun at Sant'Abbondio, Siena ; Letter 182 to Bartalomea, Nun at Santo Stefano, Pisa ; Letter 26 to Eugenia, Nun at Saint Agnes, Montepulciano ; Letter 86 to the Abbess of Santa Maria delli Scalzi, Florence
Mantellate and close lay male disciples. Letter 99 to Neri di Landoccio Pagliaresi, disciple ; Letter 132 to Multiple Sienese Mantellate ; Letter 125 to Nera, prioress of Sienese Mantellate ; Letter 214 to Caterina and Giovanna, Mantellate ; Letter 49 to Alessa dei Saracini, Mantellata ; Letter 213 to Daniela, Mantellata in Orvieto ; Letter 186 to Neri di Landoccio Pagliaresi, disciple
Friars and monks. Letter 41 to Tommaso dalla Fonte, cousin and Dominican friar ; Letter 127 to Bartolomeo Dominici and Tommaso d'Antonio and 146 to Bartolomeo Dominici
Dominican friars ; Letter 134 to Bartolomeo and Jacomo, hermits ; Letter 36 to novices at Monte Oliveto Monastery ; Letter 51 to Felice da Massa, Augustinian hermit ; Letter 326 to William Flete and Antonio da Nizza, Augustinian hermits ; Letter 33 to the Abbot of Monte Oliveto Monastery ; Letter 154 to Francesco Tedaldi, Carthusian
Raymond of Capua. Letter 219 ; Letter 267 ; Letter 272 (postscript) ; Letter 373
Ecclesiastical authorities. Popes ; Letter 185 to Gregory XI ; Letter 252 to Gregory XI ; Letter 305 to Urban VI ; Cardinals, Bishops ; Letter 181 to Cardinal Nicola da Osimo ; Letter 16 to an important Prelate ; Letter 7 to Cardinal Pietro da Ostia
Civil authorities. Letter 149 to Piero Gambacorta, Pisan official ; Letter 131 to Nicolo Soderini, Florentine political leader ; Letter 143 to Giovanna, Queen of Naples ; Letter 266 to Ristoro Canigiani, Florentine political leader ; Letter 358 to Andrea Vanni, painter and political leader of Siena
Knights, military leaders. Letter 374 to Bartolomeo Smeducci, knight ; Letter 256 to Niccolo, Prior of the Knights Hospitallers ; Letter 347 to Alberigo da Barbiano, Captain of the Company of St. George
Other laymen and women. Letter 130 to Ipolito, Florentine widower ; Letter 241 to Giovanna, mother of a disciple ; Letter 120 to Rabe, wife of Francesco Tolomei ; Letter 95 to young men mentored by Fr. Giovanni dalle Celle ; Letter 113 to Bandecca Salimbeni, widow ; Letter 375 to an unknown layman ; Letter 307 to a Florentine woman ; Letter 13 to Marco Bindi, merchant ; Letter 300 to Agnesa, wife of Francesco Pipino ; Letter 249 to Francesco Pipino, tailor and Agnesa, his wife
Family. Letter 14 to Benincasa, Stefano, and Bartolomeo, three older brothers ; Letter 1 to Lapa, mother ; Letter 117 to Lapa, mother, and to Monna Cecca
Appendix 1: ISIME critical text
Appendix 2: List of letters in numerical order
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Added Author
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Online version: Catherine of Siena. New York : Paulist Press, [2025]
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