A historical and spiritual biography of Catherine of Siena, highlighting her as a visionary, a mystic, and a prophet.

In Shrines, Relics, and Saints**,the eminent medievalist André Vauchez explores the evolution of spaces in Christianity—chapels, monasteries, holy wells, grottos, and other holy places—that are considered sacred because they house the relics of a saint or because they preserve the memory of an appearance by a saint, angel, or the Virgin Mary.**From famous sanctuaries that still attract multitudes of pilgrims—in Jerusalem, Rome, Tours, Assi...