Catherine of Siena
Part II
Catherine in relieves, statues, woodcarving.
Catherine the Patron Saint; Catherine in memories.
Reliefs and statues of Catherine of Siena
On the façade, 1670, of the Dominican
church at Wien
are some Dominican Saints, among others
Catherine of Siena.
Austria 1966, Mi 1202, Sc 757.
Catherine of Siena in the front of the Capilla del Rosario, Bogotá, haut-relief 1654, with Madonna del Rosario, Dominic, Thomas Aquinas, Cristóbal of Torres or Pius V, by an unknown artist.
Colombia 1938, Mi 390, Sc 458.
Other stamps: Colombia 1954, Mi 708, Sc 632.
The same reproduction on Colombia 1954,
Mi 712, Bl 8,9;Sc C266.
Colombia 1959, Mi 847, Sc C316.
The Virgin gives the Rosary to Saint Dominic,
in the
church
of the Praemonstratenzer-abbey
of Osterhofen, Germany.
Statue by Egid-Quirin Asam (1.9.1692-29.4.1750):
Germany 1983. Postmark Osterhofen 26.08.1983.
Catherine of Siena in the Glory.
Relief by the Maltese artist Melchior
Cafà or Gaffà ,( c
1631-1667),
in the apse
of the church of S.Caterina in
Magnanapoli, Rome.
Malta 1967, Mi 356, Sc 367.
Woodcarving
Catherine of Siena.
Woodcut by unknown woodcarver, 15the cent.
From the Editio Princeps of the letters of Catherine, Bologna 1492.
Italy 1962, Mi 1123, Sc 854.
Catherine of Siena Patron Saint of churches, countries and monasteries.
Caterina-church in Banskà Stiavnica (Chemnitz),
since
1493.
The statue of Catherine is now in the Museum in the old
Castle of Chemnitz.
Czechoslovakia 1957, Mi 1003, Sc 786.
Church Saint Catherine in Pordenone.
Italy 2002. Postmark Pordenone 20.10.2002.
After Saint Francis Catherine was declared
Patron Saint of Italy
by Pope Pius
XII in 1939.
Italy 1989, Postmark Rome 11.11.1989. San Francesco - Santa
Catalina.
50th Anniversary Proclamatione Patroni d' Italia.
The Dominicans signed the
contract for the
building of Catherine
de Siena’s
monastery at Patzcuaro,
Mexico
on 13th April 1742.
Mexico 1980, Mi 1724, Sc 1211.
Mercado de Santa Catalina in Barcelona.
Spain 2007, Mi 4218, Sc -.
Congregations dedicated Catherine of Siena
The blessed Colombian
sister Laura Montoya (1874-1949)
dedicated her
congregation Catherine of Siena.
Colombia 1974, Mi 1264, Sc 820.
Many
Congregations of Dominican nuns are named after
Catherine of Siena.
So the congregation of the Foundress Catherine
Herrera (1717-1795)
in Quito,
Ecuador, 1777.
Ecuador 1977, Mi 1740, Sc C596.
Francisca
del Espíritu Santo, O.P. (1647-24.8.1711).
member
of
the Third Order of S.
Dominic since 1682, founded 1696 the
Congregation of Catherine of Siena.
in
Manila for
Philippine girls.
In the background the main house of
the Congregation.
Philippines 1996, Mi 2676, Sc 2409.
Other items
Pope Paulus VI
declared the Archangel Gabriel as the patron
of the philatelists,
on 9th December 1972.
Brasil 1973, Mi Bl 33; Sc 1308.
With postmark Santa Catarina.
Busta
Lettera Postale, - post-card -,
with the Madonna di Pompei,
St. Dominic, at the left, who
received
the rosary
from the Child, and St.Catherine of Siena
at the right who accepts the rosary from the Virgin.
Italy 1920, 29 October. Post-card.
Issue in honour of the 600th birthday of Catharine.
Catherine
of Siena with a poor man.
She said; Meglio senza mantello que
senza caritá.
: Better without a coat than without charity.
Italy 1948, Mi 740, Sc 489.
Catherine
bearing the cross.
She said: I’ vo gridando pace, pace, pace.
: I am walking around crying peace, peace.
Italy 1948, Mi 741, Sc 490.
Catherine of Siena. second Patron d’ Italia. by Pope Pius IX in 1866.
Six churches: San Ambrogio, Milano; San
Marco, Venezia;
Santa
Maria del Fiore, Firenze; San Pietro, Rome; Ruvo di Puglia;
Cefalú, Sicilia.
Italy 1948, Mi 742, Sc 491.
Catherine
of Siena with her secretary Stefano de Corrado
Maconi (c 1350-1424).
She said: Dopo la tempesta il Signore darà il sereno.
After heavy weather, the Lord will give clarity.
Italy 1948, Mi 743, Sc 492.
Catherine
with Cross.
Italy 1948, Mi 744, Sc C127.
Catherine of Siena, patron of Italy.
Italy 1948, Mi 745, Sc C128.
Relics of Catherine of Siena
The tomb of Catherine of
Siena in the Dominican church Maria sopra Minerva in Rome
by Isaia da Pisa.
Catherine's feet is as relic preserved
in the Dominican church
of Giovanni e Paolo (Zanipoli) in Venezia.
Burundi 1971, Mi 822, Sc B24.
Reliquary of Catherine of Siena
Catherine of Siena died in Rome, Sunday
afternoon 29 April 1380, and
is buried in the church Santa Maria sopra Minerva of the Dominican
priory in Rome.
The people of Siena want to have a relict of Catherine
and so her head
was taken to the church of San Domenico in Siena
on 5 Mai 1284.
Her mother Lappa, 94 years old, was presented!
Reliquary in the church of San Domenico
in Siena, Italy.
Italy 1980, Mi 1688, Scott 1397.
Postmark Siena, 29.04.1980 with the text: VI centenario morte S.Caterina.
Catherine of Siena.
Through the prayers and efforts of
Catherine of
Siena
Pope Gregory XI returned from Avignon
to Rome in 1376.
Vatican City 1974, KimCover 504.
Pope
John Paul II visited Siena for the celebration
of the 6th centenary of Catherine of Siena’s dead
on 14th September 1980.
Vatican City 1980. KimCover PW 126.
Catherine of Siena with Francis of
Assisi, 50-year
patron Saints of Italy, 1939-1989.
Vatican City 1989. Aerogramme.
The patrons of Europe, 2009.
Catherine of Siena (1447-15 September 1510), patron of Europe with
Benedict of Nursia (ca 480-21 March 547).
The brothers Methodius (826-6 April 885) en Cyrill (827-14 February 869) .
Sister Bridget of Sweden (ca 1302/03-23 July 1373),.
Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein); (12 October 1891-gassed 9 August 1942).
Italy 2009, Mi Block 44, Sc - . On order.
Supplements:
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). On order.
Sierra Leone 1988, Mi Bl 87; Sc
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