ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, PATRONESS OF EUROPE AND OF ITALY April 29

ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, PATRONESS OF EUROPE AND OF ITALY

 Pius II canonized Catherine. Pius IX declared her, along with Francis of Assisi, the second patron of Italy. In 1970, Pope Paul VI proclaimed Giacomo and Lapa Benincasa's twenty-fifth child, never formally educated, a "Doctor of the Church.".April 29