Letters

Catherine of Siena — translated and edited by Vida D. Scudder (London: J. M. Dent, 1905), from Project Gutenberg.

Letters to popes, kings, mercenaries, prisoners, prostitutes and her own family, written by a dyer’s daughter who could not write and dictated them — including the letters urging Gregory XI to leave Avignon for Rome. Scudder groups them by correspondent and prefaces each group.

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Contents (71)

1. St. Catherine of Siena as Seen in her Letters
2. Chief Events in the Life of Saint Catherine
3. Brief Table of Contemporary Public Events
4. To Monna Alessa Dei Saracini
5. To Benincasa her Brother When He Was in Florence
6. To the Venerable Religious, Brother Antonio of Nizza, of the Order of the Hermit Brothers of Saint Augustine at the Wood of the Lake
7. To Monna Agnese Who Was the Wife of Messer Orso Malavolti
8. To Sister Eugenia, her Niece at the Convent of Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
9. To Nanna, Daughter of Benincasa a Little Maid, her Niece, in Florence
10. Letters on the Consecrated Life
11. To Brother William of England of the Hermit Brothers of St. Augustine
12. To Daniella of Orvieto Clothed with the Habit of St. Dominic
13. To Monna Agnese Wife of Francesco, a Tailor of Florence
14. Letters in Response to Certain Criticisms
15. To Monna Orsa Wife of Bartolo Usimbardi and to Monna Agnese Wife of Francesco DI Pipino Tailor of Florence
16. To a Religious Man in Florence Who Was Shocked at her Ascetic Practices
17. To Brother Bartolomeo Dominici of the Order of the Preachers When He Was Bible Reader at Florence
18. To Brother Matteo DI Francesco Tolomei of the Order of the Preachers
19. To a Mantellata of Saint Dominic Called Catarina DI Scetto
20. Letters to Neri DI Landoccio Dei Pagliaresi
21. To Monna Giovanna and her Other Daughters in Siena
22. To Messer John the Soldier of Fortune and Head of the Company that Came in the Time of Famine
23. To Monna Colomba in Lucca
24. To Brother Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
25. To Gregory XI
26. To Gregory XI
27. To Gregory XI
28. To Brother Raimondo of Capua at Avignon
29. To Catarina of the Hospital and Giovanna DI Capo
30. To Sister Daniella of Orvieto Clothed with the Habit of Saint Dominic Who Not Being Able to Carry Out her Great Penances Had Fallen into Deep Affliction
31. To Brother Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
32. To Sister Bartolomea Della Seta Nun in the Convent of Santo Stefano at Pisa
33. To Gregory XI
34. To the King of France
35. Letters to Florence
36. To the Eight of War Chosen by the Commune of Florence, at Whose Instance the Saint Went to Pope Gregory XI
37. To Buonaccorso DI Lapo in Florence Written When the Saint Was at Avignon
38. To Gregory XI
39. To Monna Lapa her Mother Before She Returned from Avignon
40. To Monna Giovanna DI Corrado Maconi
41. To Messer Ristoro Canigiani
42. To the Anziani and Consuls and Gonfalonieri of Bologna
43. To Nicholas of Osimo
44. To Misser Lorenzo Del Pino of Bologna, Doctor in Decretals (written in Trance)
45. Letters Written from Rocca D’orcia
46. To Monna Catarina of the Hospital and to Giovanna DI Capo in Siena
47. To Monna Alessa Clothed with the Habit of Saint Dominic, When She Was at Rocca
48. To Gregory XI
49. To Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
50. To Urban VI
51. To her Spiritual Children in Siena
52. To Brother William and to Messer Matteo of the Misericordia
53. To Sano DI Maco and All her Other Sons in Siena
54. To Brother Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
55. To Urban VI
56. To Don Giovanni of the Cells of Vallombrosa
57. Letters Announcing Peace
58. To Monna Alessa When the Saint Was at Florence
59. To Sano DI Maco and to the Other Sons in Christ While She Was in Florence
60. To Three Italian Cardinals
61. To Giovanna Queen of Naples
62. To Sister Daniella of Orvieto
63. To Stefano Maconi
64. To Certain Holy Hermits Who Had Been Invited to Rome by the Pope
65. To Brother William of England and Brother Antonio of Nizza at Lecceto
66. To Brother Antonio of Nizza of the Hermit Brothers of Saint Augustine at the Convent of Lecceto Near Siena
67. To Brother Raimondo of the Preaching Order When He Was in Genoa
68. To Urban VI
69. Letters Describing the Experience Preceding Death
70. To Master Raimondo of Capua
71. To Master Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers