Let's play 'Guess that Saint!'

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It’s St. Catherine of Bologna.
I’ll admit I mix up Catherine of Genoa, Catherine of Bologna, and Catherine de Ricci (especially since Catherine of Bologna is also called Catherine de Vigri).
Too many Italian Catherines, and all of them mystics!
 
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Correct! And I agree, there’s a lot of Catherines. It’s on my bucket list to try and visit St Catherin of Bologna’s incorruptible corpse and see her artworks if I ever get to tour Italy.
 
  1. Left his wife and 10 children to be a hermit
  2. Saved his country from a war
  3. Lived 20 years eating nothing else than the Eucharist
 
St Nicholas of Flue? His country was Switzerland
 
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1.founded a strict order of nuns
2. was big on poverty
3. uncle tried to stop her from becoming a nun
 
  1. This saint had a very strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
  2. He formed a movement that encouraged devotion to Our Mother.
  3. He gave his life so that another person might live.
 
  1. Arose from her coffin at her own funeral and went on to live many more years
  2. Was considered by many to be possessed and was jailed several times by the townspeople
  3. Frequently threw herself into fire for penance or into the icy river, but never was burned or frozen
  4. Was considered a saint in her lifetime (at least by those who didn’t think she was a nutcase)
 
  1. This saint was a Capuchin friar in a Marian shrine town
  2. He was known for being charitable and wise in his work as the porter of his friary.
  3. During his spare time, he would often spend time before the Blessed Sacrament.
 
  1. He passed his seminary examinations with ‘flying’ colors
  2. At one point he was thought to be possessed
  3. Modern examination of his life shows that he may have been on the autism spectrum
 
  1. This nun was a herbalist, gemologist, composer, painter, poet, author, and abbess
  2. Had visions during horrible migraine attacks
  3. Was a Middle Ages proponent of the Via Negativa
 
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