Setting the World on Fire: The Brief, Astonishing Life of St. Catherine of Siena by Shelley Emling

Setting the World on Fire: The Brief, Astonishing Life of St. Catherine of Siena

Shelley Emling

256 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history religion informative fast-paced
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One of only two patron saints of Italy, the other being St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine was ahead of her time. As a political powerhouse in late 14th century Europe, a time of war, social unrest and one of the worst natural disasters of all t...

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