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Saint Catherine of Siena, T. O. S. D, ( 25 March 1347 in Siena – 29 April 1380 in Rome ) was a tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian.

She also worked to bring the papacy of Gregory XI back to Rome from its displacement in France, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states.

She was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1970.

She is one of the two patron saints of Italy, together with St. Francis of Assisi.