Catherine of Siena
1347–1380 · Person
Dominican mystic, ascetic and papal counsellor. Her visions and letters made an uneducated dyer's daughter one of the most influential voices in Christendom; she helped persuade Gregory XI to return the papacy from Avignon to Rome. Canonised 1461; Doctor of the Church.
On these timelines: Italy (post-476 CE), Christianity, Women in history, Master, Major Religions
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