Letters of Catherine Benincasa
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Agnese, Monna, di Francesco Andrea, Brother, of Lucca Antonio, Brother, of Nizza
Baldo, Brother Bartolomea, Sister, della Seta Bartolomeo, Brother, Dominici Benincasa, Benincasa Benincasa, Eugenia Benincasa, Monna Lapa Benincasa, Nanna Bologna, Anziani of
Capo, Giovanna di Canigiani, Ristoro Cardinals, Three Italian Catarina, of the Hospital Cecca, Monna Colomba, Monna, of Lucca
Daniella, Sister, of Orvieto
France, the King of Florence, Letters to
Giovanna, Queen of Naples Giovanni, Don, of the Cells of Vallombrosa Gregory XI.
John, Messer, Soldier of Fortune John III., Master
Lando, Brother Lapo, Buonaccorso di
Maco, Sano di Maconi, Monna Giovanna di Corrado Maconi, Stefano Malavolti, Monna Agnese Matteo, Messer, of the Misericordia
Saint of Siena Catherine
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LETTERS OF CATHERINE BENINCASA
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA AS SEEN IN HER LETTERS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF PERSONS ADDRESSED
LETTERS OF CATHERINE BENINCASA
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CHIEF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAINT CATHERINE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC EVENTS
TO BENINCASA HER BROTHER WHEN HE WAS IN FLORENCE
TO THE VENERABLE RELIGIOUS, BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA, OF THE ORDER OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AT THE WOOD OF THE LAKE
TO MONNA AGNESE WHO WAS THE WIFE OF MESSER ORSO MALAVOLTI
TO SISTER EUGENIA, HER NIECE AT THE CONVENT OF SAINT AGNES OF MONTEPULCIANO
TO NANNA, DAUGHTER OF BENINCASA A LITTLE MAID, HER NIECE, IN FLORENCE
LETTERS ON THE CONSECRATED LIFE
TO BROTHER WILLIAM OF ENGLAND OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF ST. AUGUSTINE
TO DANIELLA OF ORVIETO CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF ST. DOMINIC
TO MONNA AGNESE WIFE OF FRANCESCO, A TAILOR OF FLORENCE
LETTERS IN RESPONSE TO CERTAIN CRITICISMS
TO MONNA ORSA WIFE OF BARTOLO USIMBARDI AND TO MONNA AGNESE WIFE OF FRANCESCO DI PIPINO TAILOR OF FLORENCE
TO A RELIGIOUS MAN IN FLORENCE WHO WAS SHOCKED AT HER ASCETIC PRACTICES
TO BROTHER BARTOLOMEO DOMINICI OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS WHEN HE WAS BIBLE READER AT FLORENCE
TO BROTHER MATTEO DI FRANCESCO TOLOMEI OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
TO A MANTELLATA OF SAINT DOMINIC CALLED CATARINA DI SCETTO
LETTERS TO NERI DI LANDOCCIO DEI PAGLIARESI
TO MONNA GIOVANNA AND HER OTHER DAUGHTERS IN SIENA
TO MESSER JOHN THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE AND HEAD OF THE COMPANY THAT CAME IN THE TIME OF FAMINE
TO MONNA COLOMBA IN LUCCA
TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
TO GREGORY XI
TO GREGORY XI
TO GREGORY XI
TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA AT AVIGNON
TO CATARINA OF THE HOSPITAL AND GIOVANNA DI CAPO
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
TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
TO SISTER BARTOLOMEA DELLA SETA NUN IN THE CONVENT OF SANTO STEFANO AT PISA
TO GREGORY XI
TO THE KING OF FRANCE
LETTERS TO FLORENCE
TO THE EIGHT OF WAR CHOSEN BY THE COMMUNE OF FLORENCE, AT WHOSE INSTANCE THE SAINT WENT TO POPE GREGORY XI
TO BUONACCORSO DI LAPO IN FLORENCE WRITTEN WHEN THE SAINT WAS AT AVIGNON
TO GREGORY XI
TO MONNA LAPA HER MOTHER BEFORE SHE RETURNED FROM AVIGNON
TO MONNA GIOVANNA DI CORRADO MACONI
TO MESSER RISTORO CANIGIANI
TO THE ANZIANI AND CONSULS AND GONFALONIERI OF BOLOGNA
TO NICHOLAS OF OSIMO
TO MISSER LORENZO DEL PINO OF BOLOGNA, DOCTOR IN DECRETALS (WRITTEN IN TRANCE)
LETTERS WRITTEN FROM ROCCA D'ORCIA
TO MONNA LAPA HER MOTHER AND TO MONNA CECCA IN THE MONASTERY OF SAINT AGNES AT MONTEPULCIANO, WHEN SHE WAS AT ROCCA
TO MONNA CATARINA OF THE HOSPITAL AND TO GIOVANNA DI CAPO IN SIENA
TO MONNA ALESSA CLOTHED WITH THE HABIT OF SAINT DOMINIC, WHEN SHE WAS AT ROCCA
TO GREGORY XI
TO RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
TO URBAN VI
TO HER SPIRITUAL CHILDREN IN SIENA
TO BROTHER WILLIAM AND TO MESSER MATTEO OF THE MISERICORDIA
TO SANO DI MACO AND ALL HER OTHER SONS IN SIENA
TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS
TO URBAN VI
TO DON GIOVANNI OF THE CELLS OF VALLOMBROSA
LETTERS ANNOUNCING PEACE
TO MONNA ALESSA WHEN THE SAINT WAS AT FLORENCE
TO SANO DI MACO AND TO THE OTHER SONS IN CHRIST WHILE SHE WAS IN FLORENCE
TO THREE ITALIAN CARDINALS
TO GIOVANNA QUEEN OF NAPLES
TO SISTER DANIELLA OF ORVIETO
TO STEFANO MACONI
TO CERTAIN HOLY HERMITS WHO HAD BEEN INVITED TO ROME BY THE POPE
TO BROTHER WILLIAM OF ENGLAND AND BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA AT LECCETO
TO BROTHER ANDREA OF LUCCA TO BROTHER BALDO AND TO BROTHER LANDO SERVANTS OF GOD IN SPOLETO, WHEN THEY WERE SUMMONED BY THE HOLY FATHER
TO BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE AT THE CONVENT OF LECCETO NEAR SIENA
TO QUEEN GIOVANNA OF NAPLES (WRITTEN IN TRANCE)
TO BROTHER RAIMONDO OF THE PREACHING ORDER WHEN HE WAS IN GENOA
TO URBAN VI
LETTERS DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCE PRECEDING DEATH
TO MASTER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA
TO MASTER RAIMONDO OF CAPUA OF THE ORDER OF THE PREACHERS