Catherine of Bologna
Catherine of Bologna (8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463) was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic, artist, and saint. The patron saint of artists and against temptations, she was venerated for nearly three centuries in her native Bologna before being formally canonized in 1712 by Pope Clement XI. Her feast day is 9 March.
In the Martyrology
- March 9 Saint Caterina, virign, founder and first abbess of the Clarisse monastery of Corpus Domini at Bologna