File: Krakow kosciol sw Katarzyny 20070930 1522. jpg | Saint Catherine Church in Kazimierz, founded by the King in 1363

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.

The house of Saint Catherine in Siena

In about 1366, Catherine experienced what she described in her letters as a " Mystical Marriage " with Jesus, later a popular subject in art as the Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine.

The Chapel of Saint Catherine with parts of her relic s in the Basilica of San Domenico in Siena

Sarcophagus of Saint Catherine beneath the High Altar of the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome

File: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 096. jpg | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, " Saint Catherine of Siena ", circa 1746, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

* Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine

* EWTN Library: Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena ( 1347-1380 ) by Giovanni di Paolo, ca.

The lowest point is at sea level, and the highest is on Mount Saint Catherine.

The monument to Catherine the Great | Catherine II in Saint Petersburg

The story of the Wounded King's mystical fasting is not unique ; several saints were said to have lived without food besides communion, for instance Saint Catherine of Genoa.

* 1756 – In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.

She later testified that she experienced her first vision around 1424 at the age of 12 years, when she was out alone in a field and saw visions of figures she identified as Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin to Reims for his coronation.

In 1775, Atake Tynay Biy Uulu one of the leaders of Sarybagysh tribe established first diplomatic ties with the Russian Empire by sending his envoys to Catherine the Great in Saint Petersburg.

Poets in medieval Iceland even treated Christian themes using the traditional repertoire of kennings complete with allusions to heathen myths and aristocratic epithets for saints: Þrúðr falda “ goddess of headdresses ” = “ Saint Catherine ” ( Kálfr Hallsson: Kátrínardrápa 4 ).

These included notable thinkers such as Euclid, Archimedes, Eratosthenes, Herophilus, Erasistratus, Hipparchus, Aedesia, Pappus, Hypatia, Aristarchus of Samos, and Saint Catherine.

In July 1461, Pius II canonized Saint Catherine of Siena, and in October of the same year he gained at first what appeared to be a brilliant success by inducing the new King of France, Louis XI, to abolish the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, by which the Pope's authority in France had been grievously impaired.

** In Saint Petersburg, Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by Bolsheviks.

* September 8 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary ( d. 1444 )

* April 29 – Saint Catherine of Siena, Italian theologian ( b. 1347 )

** September 8 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary ( d. 1444 )

** Saint Catherine of Siena ( b. 1347 )

* Saint Catherine of Siena

* May 20 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary ( b. 1380 )

Stein is one of the six patron saints of Europe, together with Saint Benedict of Nursia, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Saint Bridget of Sweden and Saint Catherine of Siena.

Indulgences are provided for rosary Novenas that include specific prayers, e. g. a prayer to Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Dominic.

* Italy – Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Catherine of Siena

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Catherine of Siena

* Saint Bernardino of Siena ( 1380 – 1444 )

* Text of The Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden in English

* Text of Regnans in Excelsis of Pope Saint Pius V

* Text of St John Chrysostom's homily on Saint Babylas.

" The Text of Saint Luke's Gospel in the Book of Mulling.

* Study Text of the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

* Study Text of the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great

* Study Text of the Ruthenian Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

* Study Text of the Ruthenian Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great

* John B. Wickstrom: " Text and Image in the Making of a Holy Man: An Illustrated Life of Saint Maurus of Glanfeuil ( MS Vat.

the Catholic Saint Mary's Church, with an even taller steeple and a cross on top, stood on Ball Street.

Forty years ago an English writer, W. L. George, dealt with this subject in Eddies of the Day, and said, as an example, that ' Saint George for Merry England ' would not start a spirit half so quickly as ' Strike frog-eating Frenchmen dead ' ''!!

The Ottomans completed the conquest of the peninsula in 1517 with the taking of Halicarnassus ( modern Bodrum ) from the Knights of Saint John.

Saint Augustine counters Pelagius, arguing that original sin means that the unbaptised go to hell, including infants, albeit with less suffering than is experienced by those guilty of actual sins.

" None of these attempts were acceptable to the defenders of Nicene orthodoxy: writing about the latter councils, Saint Jerome remarked that the world " awoke with a groan to find itself Arian.

* 1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

As a result of the Treaty of Saint Petersburg ( 1875 ), the Kuril Islands were handed over to Japan, along with its Ainu subjects.

He certainly corresponded with Elias III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and possibly sent a mission to India in honour of Saint Thomas the Apostle, whose tomb was believed to lie in that country.

Immediately after this, Algardi produced an interactive sculptural group representing the beheading of Saint Paul with two figures: a kneeling, resigned saint and the executioner poised to strike the sword-blow, for the church of San Paolo, Bologna.

Andrew, who was now with Saint Louis, interpreted David's message to the King, a real or pretended offer of alliance from the Mongol general Eljigidei, and a proposal of a joint attack upon the Islamic powers of Syria.

From then on, though of course with some exceptions, Christian art represented angels with wings, as in the cycle of mosaics in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( 432-440 ).

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

However, the presence of a vigorous population of Celtic lineage, principally of Irish origin, has supported the creation of other celebrations of beer, often for marketing purposes, such as Saint Patrick's Day ( Día de San Patricio ), patron of Ireland, which is celebrated with abundant libations.

At a later period, Paul's epistles place him with Paul and Saint Timothy at Ephesus, whence he was sent by Paul to Corinth, Greece for the purpose of getting the contributions of the church there on behalf of the poor Christians at Jerusalem sent forward.

As well as the Roman Martyrology, the Roman Missal identified the Saint Felix of 29 July with the antipope.

He was soon producing some spectacular and original images, notably Nemesis ( 1502 ), The Sea Monster ( 1498 ), and Saint Eustace ( c. 1501 ), with a highly detailed landscape background and animals.

It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased Saint Thomas Becket, whom the king had met at the English court.

* The Shadow Witness and The Doom of Saint Quirec, with Francis Burnand ( 1875 – 76 )

* 1829 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.

Kerguelen Islands ( France ; also an EU Overseas territory ) are situated in the Antarctic Convergence area, while the Falkland Islands, Isla de los Estados, Hornos Island with Cape Horn, Diego Ramírez Islands, Campbell Island, Macquarie Island, Amsterdam and Saint Paul Islands, Crozet Islands, Prince Edward Islands, and Gough Island and Tristan da Cunha group remain north of the Convergence and thus outside the Antarctic region.

Painting of Saint Anthony, a part of The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot by Piero di Cosimo, ca.

When Saint Macarius visited Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony clothed him with the monk's garb, and foretold him what would be of him.