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Mar 2024
18m 51s

Special - Caterina of Siena

MIKE CORRADI
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To celebrate A History of Italy of joining the Sentire podcast network (sentire.media) we go back to visit with a peculiar young girl who went from early, rather graphic and violent religious visions to become one of the most influential people of her time, able to grasp the attention of rulers and popes, treating them, if necessary, like children.

We visit with Caterina da Siena, St Catherine, patron saint of Italy along with St Francis of Assisi.

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