Also known as:
Catherine Vigri;
Italian: Caterina Vigri;
Latin: Catharina Bononiensis
CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA, Saint. - Born in Bologna on Sept. 8, 1413 to the noble Giovanni Vigri of Ferrara and to Benvenuta Manumolini of Bologna. At the age of 11 she was requested by the duke of Este to the court of Ferrara, where she was admired by all for her goodness and her progress in the fine arts and letters that were taught to her. Out of a desire to consecrate herself to God, she left the court after three years and joined other young girls, overcoming harsh combats with the devil, whose arts she would reveal in the celebrated treatise Le arme necessarie alla battaglia spirituale. The princess Verde, edified by the holiness of the young woman, built a monastery in Ferrara, where in 1432 C. entered, professing the rule of St. Clare, and there she exercised the offices of baker, portress and mistress of the novices. At the wish of the city, a monastery was built in Bologna, where on July 22, 1456 the Poor Clares of Ferrara entered together with C., who was abbess there, except for an interruption of three years, until her death, which occurred on March 9, 1463. Her body is still incorrupt. She worked extraordinary miracles in life and after death; she was enrolled in the register of the saints by Clement XI on May 22, 1712.
CATHERINE of Bologna, saint - Incorrupt body of C., venerated in the Sanctuary of Corpus Domini, called that of the Saint. From an engraving.(courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frutaz)
In addition to the aforementioned treatise, published posthumously but composed as early as 1458, and subsequently published several times and translated into various languages, C. wrote: Rosarium metricum de mysteriis Passionis Christi Domini et de vita B. Mariae Virginis, and other lesser works, in verse and in prose.
Bibliography7 worksActa SS. Martii, II, ed. Paris 1865, pp. 35-39; G. Grassetti, Vita di s. C. di B., 3rd ed., Bologna 1876; [L. Nuñez], La Santa nella storia,
BIBL.: Acta SS. Martii, II, ed. Paris 1865, pp. 35-39; G. Grassetti, Vita di s. C. di B., 3rd ed., Bologna 1876; [L. Nuñez], La Santa nella storia, nelle lettere e nell'arte, ibid. 1912; F. van Ortroy-R. Lechat, Une vie italienne de ste C..., in Analecta Bollandiana, 41 (1923), pp. 386-416; J. Heerinckx, s. v. in DSp, II, coll. 288-90; A. Curzola, C. Vigri, « La Santa », Milan 1941; J. Stienon du Pré, Ste Catherine de Bologne, Bruges 1949.
Diotallevi, Ferdinando. “Caterina da Bologna, santa.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 1142–1143. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caterina-da-bologna-santa.
MLA
Diotallevi, Ferdinando. “Caterina da Bologna, santa.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1142–1143. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caterina-da-bologna-santa.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_caterina_da_bologna_santa,
author = {Diotallevi, Ferdinando},
title = {Caterina da Bologna, santa},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {1142--1143},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/caterina-da-bologna-santa}
}
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