Correspondence · selected letters

Letters of Catherine Benincasa

Prayer made active in counsel to family, religious, rulers, popes, and friends across a divided Church.

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Catherine’s letters show contemplation becoming direct action: patient spiritual direction, fierce calls to reform, political mediation, and practical charity. Vida Scudder’s public-domain selection supplies historical introductions and an English translation.

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    To Monna Alessa dei SaraciniLove without measure, life with moderationCatherine of Siena, Letter to Monna Alessa dei Saracini (Scudder trans.)