 Catherine of Siena: Brief Recommended English Bibliography
© Suzanne Noffke, OP (updated March 2005)
Note: You can find evaluations of these works in the comprehensive bibliography in my Catherine of Siena: Vision Through a Distant Eye.
CATHERINE'S WORKS:
The Dialogue of Catherine of Siena, tr. S. Noffke. New York: Paulist, 1980.
I, Catherine: Selected Writings of Catherine of Siena, tr. K. Foster and M. J. Ronayne. London: Collins, 1980.
The Letters of St. Catherine of Siena, tr. S. Noffke, vol. I, II. Tempe: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 2000, 2001. (Revised edition; Vols. III-IV in progress)
The Prayers of Catherine of Siena, tr. S. Noffke. New York: Paulist. 1983. 2nd ed. iUniverse.com, 2001.
Selected Letters of Catherine Benincasa: Saint Catherine of Siena as Seen in her Letters, tr. V. Scudder. London: J. M. Dent & Sons; New York: E.P. Dutton, 1927.
O'Driscoll, Mary. Catherine of Siena: Passion for the Truth, Compassion for Humanity. New Rochelle, NY: New City Press, 1993.
BIOGRAPHIES:
(Note: There is no general biography of Catherine that is recent enough to have taken advantage of the latest research or theological perspectives. Each of those listed below has its own strengths and shortcomings.)
Drane, Augusta Theodosia. History of St. Catherine of Siena and Her Companions. London: Longmans, 1915, 2 vols.
Gardner, Edmund G. Saint Catherine of Siena: A Study in the Religion, Literature, and History of the Fourteenth Century in Italy. New York: Dutton, 1907.
Jorgensen, Johannes (tr. I. Lund). St. Catherine of Siena. London: Longmans, 1939.
Meade, Catherine M. My Nature is Fire: Saint Catherine of Siena. New York: Alba House, 1991.
O'Driscoll, Mary. Catherine of Siena. Strassburg: Éditions du Signe, 1994.
Raymond of Capua (tr. Conleth Kearns). The Life of Catherine of Siena. Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1980.
Undset, Sigrid (tr. K. Austin-Lund). Catherine of Siena. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1954.
Noffke, Suzanne. "Catherine of Siena," in The Yale Guide to Medieval Holy Women in the Christian Tradition: Twelfth through Fifteenth Centuries, Ed. Alastair Minnis & Rosalynn Voaden, forthcoming.
MYSTICISM / SPIRITUALITY:
Bell, Rudolph M. Holy Anorexia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
Calvert, Roland. "The Easter Faith of Catherine of Siena." Review for Religious, March-April 2000, 180-187.
Dreyer, Elizabeth A. A Retreat with Catherine of Siena: Living the Truth in Love. Cincinnati: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1999.
Fatula, Mary Ann. Catherine of Siena's Way. Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1987.
Foley, Nadine. "Catherine of Siena's Wisdom and Spirituality." Spirituality Today (1993), 205-219.
Foster, Kenelm. "St. Catherine's Teaching on Christ," Life of the Spirit 16 (1962), 310-323.
Hilkert, Mary Catherine. Speaking with Authority: Catherine of Siena and the Voices of Women Today. New York/Mahway: Paulist Press, 2001.
Kearns, Conleth. "The Wisdom of Saint Catherine," Angelicum: Periodicum Trimestre Pontificae Studiorum 57, 324-343.
Noffke, Suzanne. "Catherine of Siena: The Responsive Heart," in Spiritualities of the Heart, ed. Annice Callahan. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1990.
Noffke, Suzanne. Catherine of Siena: Vision through a Distant Eye. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996.
Noffke, Suzanne. "Integrity Learned in Contemplation: Insights from Catherine of Siena." Religious Life Review, March/April 2003, 66-80.
Noffke, Suzanne. "The Place of the Physical in the Mysticism of Catherine of Siena." Annali d'Italianistica. Chapel Hill, NC: 1995.
Noffke, Suzanne. "A Tapestry of Prayer from Catherine of Siena." Colloquia Manilana, 2002, 119-142
Noffke, Suzanne. Catherine of Siena: A Thematic Anthology. (in preparation)
O'Driscoll, Mary. "Catherine the Theologian," Spirituality Today 40 (Spring, 1988), 4-17.
O'Driscoll, Mary. "St. Catherine of Siena: Life and Spirituality." Angelicum 57 (1980): 305-323.
Schneiders, Sandra M. "Spiritual Discernment in The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena," Horizons 9 (1982), 47-59.
Villegas, Diana L. "Discernment in Catherine of Siena." Theological Studies 58 (1997), 19-38.
Vinje, Patricia Mary. Praying with Catherine of Siena. Winona, St. Mary's Press, 1990.
Walker Bynum, Caroline. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: the Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987.
ECCLESIASTICAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE:
Costello, M. Starr. "The Mystical Death of Catherine of Siena: Eschatological Vision and Social Reform." Mystics Quarterly 13 (March 1987): 19-26.
McLaughlin, Eleanor. "Women, Power and the Pursuit of Holiness in Medieval Christianity." In Women of Spirit, ed. Rosemary Ruether and Eleanor McLaughlin, 100-130. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.
Noffke, Suzanne. "Catherine of Siena and Ecclesial Obedience," Spirituality Today 41 (Spring, 1989), 4-17.
Noffke, Suzanne. "Catherine of Siena: Mission and Ministry in the Church," Review for Religious 39 (1980), 183-195.
Noffke, Suzanne. "Catherine of Siena, Justly Doctor of the Church" Theology Today, April 2003, 49-62.
Peters, Marygrace. "Catherine of Siena: Broker of Relationships." Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 38 (Fall 2003), 225-235.
Scott, Karen. "'Io Catarina': Ecclesiastical Politics and Oral Culture in the Letters of Catherine of Siena." In Dear Sister. 87-121. ed. Karen Cherewatuk and Ulrike Wiethaus. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993.
Scott, Karen. "'This is why I have put you among your neighbors': St. Bernard's and St. Catherine's Understanding of the Love of God and Neighbor." In Atti del Simposio Internazionale Cateriniano-Bernardiniano Siena, 17-20 aprile 1980, ed. Domenico Maffei, Paolo Nardi. Siena: Accademia Senese degli Intronati, 1982
Scott, Karen. "St. Catherine of Siena, 'Apostola.'" Church History 61 (Mar. 1992): 34-46.
Villegas, Diana. "Catherine of Siena's Challenge to Pope Gregory XI: Lessons for Today." Human Development 25 (Summer 2004), 9-12.
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