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Also Known As Caterina Fieschi
Born 1447 • Genoa • Italy
Died September 15, 1510 (aged 63)
Subjects Of Study mysticism
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St. Francis of Assisi
Italian saint
Joachim Of Fiore
Italian theologian
Saint Catherine of Bologna
Italian mystic
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
French mystic
Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
Catalan mystic
Gerson, engraving
Jean de Gerson
French theologian
Lo Spagna: Saint Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena
Italian mystic
Madonna and Child Appearing to Saint Philip Neri, oil on canvas by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, probably 1725 or after; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 112.4. × 63.5 cm.
Saint Philip Neri
Roman Catholic saint
Jacopone Da Todi
Italian poet
Julian of Norwich
English mystic
R.C. Zaehner
British historian
Angelus Silesius.
Angelus Silesius
German poet
Richard of Saint-Victor
French theologian
Franz Xaver von Baader
German theologian
Mary Of The Incarnation
French mystic
Hugh Paulin Cressy
English author and editor
Antoinette Bourignon
French mystic
Blessed Domenico Barberi
Italian mystic