Today's fact:
Saint Catherine of Siena is a super inspiring saint—she had lots of visions of the Lord and wrote many inspiring prayers. She was also called a Doctor of the Church because of her mystical theological writings for the faith—she is one of three women to hold that title. (The other two lovely women are Teresa of Avila and Therese of Lisieux.)
Time for some freaky Catholic stuff, guys. When Catherine of Siena died, she was originally buried in Rome. But her head was removed and then taken to the Saint Dominic Basilica in Siena, Italy, where it is kept in a reliquary.
Here is a picture of Saint Catherine of Siena's severed head.
Although the theme of this week has a silly title, I don't mean to be irreverent to Saint Catherine. She is super hard-core saint and she was absolutely devoted to Jesus Christ! I think it's cool that her entire head is a relic. Especially because some of her most major contributions to the faith were her mystical writings. That took a lot of brainpower (and Holy Spirit)!
Happy Sunday, everyone.
That is kind of freaky. But appropriate for brain week!
ReplyDeleteThen there's St. Denis. After having his head chopped off, he supposedly picked it up and walked a few miles preaching before finally expiring.
ReplyDeleteHere's a catholic meme to celebrate his legacy: http://chirho.me/memes/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/stdenis.jpg