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The Medieval Church · 1385–1395
The Legend of Catherine of Siena
Legenda Maior
Raymond of Capua · c. 1330–1399
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What it is
The life of Catherine by her confessor, including her mystical marriage, her fasting, and her interventions in papal politics.
Why it lasted
The book that made Catherine's cult European, and the model for later accounts of women's sanctity as authorised by a male confessor.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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