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The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa

Gelesen von Ann Boulais

(4,595 Sterne; 21 Bewertungen)

Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor. She was a member of the noble Fieschi family, and spent most of her life and her means serving the sick, especially during the plague which ravaged Genoa in 1497 and 1501. She died in that city in 1510.

In 1551, 41 years after her death, a book about her life and teaching was published, entitled Libro de la vita mirabile et dottrina santa de la Beata Caterinetta de Genoa. This is the source of her "Dialogues on the Soul and the Body" and her "Treatise on Purgatory", which are often printed separately. Her authorship of these has been denied, and it used to be thought that another mystic, the Augustinian canoness Battistina Vernazza, who lived in a monastery in Genoa from 1510 till her death in 1587 had edited the two works, a suggestion discredited by recent scholarship, which attributes a large part of both works to St Catherine, though they received their final literary form only after her death.

The Life and Doctrine is a biographical sketch of St. Catherine, filled with her thoughts and experiences with God. In this, there are many examples of how we too can reach perfection in our relationship with God.

(Introduction by Wikipedia and Ann Boulais) (4 hr 2 min)

Chapters

00 - Introduction

14:40

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01 - Chapters 1 and 2

12:56

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02 - Chapters 3 and 4

8:58

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03 - Chapters 5 and 6

8:01

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04 - Chapters 7 and 8

6:57

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05 - Chapters 9 and 10

9:11

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06 - Chapters 11 and 12

12:01

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07 - Chapters 13 and 14

17:32

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08 - Chapters 15 and 16

16:26

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09 - Chapters 17 and 18

11:44

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10 - Chapters 19 amd 20

13:43

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11 - Chapters 21 and 22

10:16

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12 - Chapters 23 and 24

13:11

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13 - Chapters 25 and 26

5:10

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14 - Chapters 27 and 28

6:12

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15 - Chapters 29 and 30

5:29

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16 - Chapters 31 and 32

10:24

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17 - Chapters 33 and 34

11:41

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18 - Chapters 35 and 36

12:13

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19 - Chapters 37 and 38

10:29

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20 - Chapters 39 and 40

16:21

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21 - Chapters 41 and 42

9:10

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Bewertungen

great perspective on women in the church

(5 Sterne)

interesting and very positive characterization of where the better parts of the catholic church were a couple generations ahead of the reformation.

very informative book

(5 Sterne)

Thank you Ann Boulais for your superb reading of this book.

(5 Sterne)

excellent read by ann. st.catherine be venerated now and forever...

(5 Sterne)

Thank you, Jesus! St. Catherine of Genoa, pray for us!