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Caterina Fieschi Adorno (1447–1510) was a noblewoman, mystic, and benefactress who lived in Genoa, in Northern Italy. Despite her family forcing her to marry a man, she ultimately devoted herself to charity in various hospitals. Caterina was beloved during her lifetime, and Pope Clemente XII declared her a saint in 1737. Her teachings survive in the Corpus catherinianum (1551), though modern scholarship attributes the authorship of the texts to her followers.

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Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno)

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    2026年

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  • Anna Lisa Somma

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Caterina Fieschi Adorno (1447–1510) was a noblewoman, mystic, and benefactress who lived in Genoa, in Northern Italy. Despite her family forcing her to marry a man, she ultimately devoted herself to charity in various hospitals. Caterina was beloved during her lifetime, and Pope Clemente XII declared her a saint in 1737. Her teachings survive in the Corpus catherinianum (1551), though modern scholarship attributes the authorship of the texts to her followers.