The Letters of Catherine of Siena (vols. 1-4)
| Authors | Caterina da Siena, Santa, T.O.P. Noffke, Suzanne, O.P. |
| Series | Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies [355.0] |
| Tags | France, Christian saints Italy Siena Correspondence, Personal correspondence, General, Literary Collections, Catherine of Siena Saint 1347 – 1380, Christian saints, St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), Biography & Autobiography, Europe, History, Letters, Women Authors, Saints chrétiens Italie Sienne Correspondance, Italy Siena |
| Publisher | Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies |
| Published | 16 gen 2007 |
| Date | 16 mag 2024 |
| Languages | eng |
| Identifiers | oclc: 42736356, uri: https://acmrspress.com/books-out-of-print/, lcc: 99-054886, isbn: 9780866984034, google: rIoUtQEACAAJ, lcn: BX4700.C4 A4 1999 |
Description
This English translation ed. is very well-researched and notated, and the translator prefaces many of the letters with a summary.
See the Italian originals of all her letters.
Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies 202, 203, 329, 355.
ISBNs for vol.
- 978-0-86698-244-3
- 978-0-86698-245-0
- 978-0-86698-377-8
- 978-0-86698-403-4
2411 pp. total!
fascinating letter not present in Volpato's ed.: Dupré Theseider I: To Monna Tora of Lucca and to Monna Giovanna, Tora’s daughter and wife of Giovanni Trenta of Lucca (vol. 2 pp. 51-4, PDF pp. 726-9) on vocational advice, exorting Giovanna to continence / spiritual (or angelic) marriage and encouraging her madre Tora not to oppose her in this.
- Dupré Theseider, “Un codice inedito dell’Epistolario di S. Caterina,” Bullettino dell’Istituto storico italiano e Archivio Muratoriano 48 (1931), pp. 18-56.
In another related letter, T279 to Ristoro Canigiani (vol. 3 pp. 209-12, PDF pp. 1703-6; Volpato ref:312.2-32), Caterina similarly counsels him and his wife Alessandra (Sandra) Quaratesi. She counseled "angelic continence" also in: vol. 3 p. 228 n. 9, PDF p. 1722; p. 317 n. 4, PDF p. 1811; p. 334 n. 6, PDF p. 1828.
She wrote a letter to a Jew, Consiglio (T15, vol. 1 pp. 280-3, PDF pp. 340-3; Volpato ref:18.1-14).
In another letter, she compares charity to usurious profit-making (T108, vol. 3 p. 20, PDF p. 1514; Volpato ref:122.1-16):
(∃ other passages where she describes Charity, too.)
What is divine charity like? It is always working, never gets tired. It is like the money lender, always making a profit on time. If he sleeps, he is making a profit; if he eats, he is making a profit. Whatever he does, he is making a profit; he never wastes time. It isn't the money lender who does the work; it is his treasure, time. This is how the loving spouse of Christ acts when she is ablaze with divine charity: she is always making a profit, and is never idle. She sleeps and charity does the work. Eating, sleeping, keeping vigil — everything she does is fruitful for her.
famous letter to Avignone Pope Gregory XI (1376): T233 (ref:262.20, vol. 2 pp. 212-4, PDF pp. 886-8)