Saint Catherine of Genoa - March 22 breski1 formerly 22 March Profile Daughter of Jacopo Fieschi and Francesca di Negro, Geonese nobles; she was related to Pope Innocent V and Pope Adrian V, and her …More
Saint Catherine of Genoa - March 22
breski1 formerly 22 March Profile Daughter of Jacopo Fieschi and Francesca di Negro, Geonese nobles; she was related to Pope Innocent V and Pope Adrian V, and her father became viceroy of Naples, Italy. Youngest of five children. A pious and prayerful girl, she early felt a call to religious life, tried to enter a convent at age 13, was turned away because of her youth. At 16 she entered into an arranged marriage with a young Genoese nobleman, Giuliano Adorno. They were a childless couple, he was careless and unsuccessful as a husband and provider, often cruel, violent and unfaithful, and reduced them to bankruptcy. Catherine became indifferent to her faith, and fell into a depression.
In 1473, while going to Confession in a convent in Genoa, Catherine was struck down by a vision, the revelation of God‘s love and her own sinfulness, and fell into a religious ecstasy; her interior state, and her contact with the truth she had received in the …More
breski1 formerly 22 March Profile Daughter of Jacopo Fieschi and Francesca di Negro, Geonese nobles; she was related to Pope Innocent V and Pope Adrian V, and her father became viceroy of Naples, Italy. Youngest of five children. A pious and prayerful girl, she early felt a call to religious life, tried to enter a convent at age 13, was turned away because of her youth. At 16 she entered into an arranged marriage with a young Genoese nobleman, Giuliano Adorno. They were a childless couple, he was careless and unsuccessful as a husband and provider, often cruel, violent and unfaithful, and reduced them to bankruptcy. Catherine became indifferent to her faith, and fell into a depression.
In 1473, while going to Confession in a convent in Genoa, Catherine was struck down by a vision, the revelation of God‘s love and her own sinfulness, and fell into a religious ecstasy; her interior state, and her contact with the truth she had received in the …More
1480s, One women recognized, her life and doctrine. There were many other women who went unrecognized for their deep love and understanding of what it means to be human, made flesh in Gods image and his child by grace. I disagree with ..."she tried harder", she lived the life God gave her in abundance, Women do this every day... and have done it since the beginning of time.