--- title: "St. Catherine of Siena: Feast Day April 29, Life & Quotes" url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/ description: "St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church. Feast day April 29, died c. 1380. Read their life and their own words, with sources." --- Virgin and Doctor of the Church · Feast day April 29 # St. Catherine of Siena The feast day of St. Catherine of Siena is April 29, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of Italy and Europe, nurses, and those ridiculed for piety. Below: a short life and 3 sourced quotations in their own words. | | | |---|---| | Feast day | [April 29](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#29) | | In the US calendar | Memorial | | Title | Virgin and Doctor of the Church | | Died | c. 1380 | | Patron of | [Italy](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#italy), [Europe](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#europe), [nurses](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#nurses), [those ridiculed for piety](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#those-ridiculed-for-piety) | | In their own words | [3 sourced quotations](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#words) · 2 attributed sayings (source unconfirmed) | | Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, April 29, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#calendar) | ## Life The twenty-third child of a Sienese dyer, Catherine refused marriage, joined the Dominican third order, and turned her family home into a hospital and her cell into a court of counsel. Popes, princes, and prisoners sought her word. She persuaded Gregory XI to return the papacy from Avignon to Rome, dictated her Dialogue in ecstasy, and died at thirty-three. She is a Doctor of the Church and co-patron of Europe. ## Patron of Tradition invokes St. Catherine of Siena as patron of Italy and Europe, nurses, and those ridiculed for piety. [Italy](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#italy) [Europe](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#europe) [Nurses](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#nurses) [Those ridiculed for piety](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#those-ridiculed-for-piety) ### Saints with the same patronage - [St. Francis of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-of-assisi/) Italy · October 4 - [St. Benedict of Nursia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-nursia/) Europe · July 11 - [St. Bridget of Sweden](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bridget-of-sweden/) Europe · July 23 - [St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross/) Europe · August 9 - [St. Agatha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agatha/) nurses · February 5 - [St. John of God](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-god/) nurses · March 8 - [St. Camillus de Lellis](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/) nurses · July 18 Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/). ## In their own words Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#scripture). > I ask you to love Me with the same love with which I love you. But for Me you cannot do this, for I loved you without being loved. Whatever love you have for Me you owe Me, so you love Me not gratuitously but out of duty. Therefore love your neighbor gratuitously. — *The Dialogue, ch. 7*, 1378 > Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring. — *Letter to Raymond of Capua*, 1375 > Every good deed and every virtue is born of love, and love comes from knowing the truth of God's goodness and of your own nothingness. — *The Dialogue, ch. 4*, 1378 ### Attributed, source unconfirmed These sayings circulate under the saint’s name, but no source has been confirmed. Bless shows them with that label. > Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. — Popular saying, source unconfirmed > All the way to heaven is heaven, because He said, I am the Way. — Popular saying, source unconfirmed ## In Scripture In Bless, St. Catherine of Siena’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version. 1. On this theme · source unconfirmed > You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. — [Matthew 5:14](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/5/#v14) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q52) 2. On this theme > But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ — [Matthew 22:39](https://blessbible.app/bible/matthew/22/#v39) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I ask you to love Me with the same love with which I love you. But for Me you cannot do…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q54) 3. On this theme · source unconfirmed > I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled? — [Luke 12:49](https://blessbible.app/bible/luke/12/#v49) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q52) 4. On this theme · source unconfirmed > Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. — [John 14:6](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/14/#v6) · CPDV Beside their words: [“All the way to heaven is heaven, because He said, I am the Way.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q53) 5. On this theme > I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without me, you are able to do nothing. — [John 15:5](https://blessbible.app/bible/john/15/#v5) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Every good deed and every virtue is born of love, and love comes from knowing the truth…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q56) 6. On this theme > And not only that, but we also find glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation exercises patience, and patience leads to proving, yet truly proving leads to hope, — [Romans 5:3–4](https://blessbible.app/bible/romans/5/#v3) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q55) 7. On this theme > And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing. — [1 Corinthians 13:2](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-corinthians/13/#v2) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Every good deed and every virtue is born of love, and love comes from knowing the truth…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q56) 8. On this theme > Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. — [James 1:12](https://blessbible.app/bible/james/1/#v12) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q55) 1 more verse 1. On this theme > Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us. — [1 John 4:19](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-john/4/#v19) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I ask you to love Me with the same love with which I love you. But for Me you cannot do…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/#q54) ## In the calendar The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Catherine of Siena. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given. | Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) | |---|---|---|---| | [Thursday, April 29, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/29/) | St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) | White | Acts 15:7-21 · Psalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 10 · John 10:27 · John 15:9-11 | | [Saturday, April 29, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/29/) | St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) | White | Acts 6:1-7 · Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 · John 6:16-21 | Readings Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. 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