Letters of Catherine of Siena, Vol. 4

A Note of GratitudexivAbbreviationsxvTextual NotesxviIVPreludes to Catherine's Avignon Mission (February Through April 1376)Letter T226/G89 To Frate Raimondo da Capua2Letter T228/G278 To Neri di Landoccio Pagliaresi13Letter T196/G4/DT64 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon18Letter T171/G217/DT60 To Niccolo Soderini, one of the priori delle Arti of Florence22Letter T164/G348/DT58 To Monna Melina, wife of Bartolomeo Barbani of Lucca30Letter T170/G208/DT67 To Pietro del Monte Santa Maria36Letter T165/G351/DT59 To Monna Bartolomea di Salvatico of Lucca38Letter T162/G350 To Monna Franceschina, Monna Caterina, and two other spiritual companions in Lucca44Letter T163/G347 To Monna Franceschina in Lucca47Letter Dupre Theseider I To Monna Tora of Lucca and to Monna Giovanna, Tora's daughter and wife of Giovanni Trenta of Lucca51Letter T161/G340 To Monna Nella, widow of Niccolo Buonconti of Pisa, and to Monna Caterina, wife of Gherardo di Niccolo Buonconti55Letter T280/G98 To Frate Raimondo da Capua59Letter T206/G5/DT63 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon61Letter T101/G27/DT23 To Cardinal Iacopo Orsini65Letter T77/G128 To Brother William Flete (Guglielmo d'Inghilterra), at Lecceto73Letter T204/G109/DT5 To Frate Bartolomeo Dominici, in Asciano78Letter T198/G110/DT4 To Frate Bartolomeo Dominici, in Asciano83Letter T208/G111/DT6 To Frate Bartolomeo Dominici, in Asciano86Letter T219/G87/DT65 To Frate Raimondo da Capua and others of his company, in Avignon90Letter T177/G29/DT61 To Cardinal Pietro Corsini of Florence, in Avignon95Letter T97/G370 To Monna Pavola da Siena and to her disciples102Letter T159/G120 To Frate Ranieri of the Dominican Church of Santa Caterina in Pisa107Letter T16/G38 To a great prelate113Letter T52/G132 To Frate Jeronimo da Siena of the Hermits of Saint Augustine119Letter T36/G83 To Frate Simone di Giovanni, Frate Francesco di Pascuale, Frate Iacomo di Sano di Maco, and others125Letter T189/G52/DT84 To the monks of the Monastery of San Girolamo at Cervaia and to Giovanni di Bindo, Nicolo di Ghida, and other monks of Monteoliveto Maggiore132Letter T207/G198/DT68 To the Signori of Florence138Letter T21/G306 To an unnamed person144Letter T172/G80 To Frate Niccolo of the Brothers of Monteoliveto in the monastery of Florence151Letter T24/G44/DT10 To Biringhieri degli Arzocchi, parish priest of Asciano155Letter T223/G28 To Cardinal Iacopo Orsini160Letter T211/G88/DT70 To Frate Raimondo da Capua, in Avignon166Letter T187/G60 To Don Giovanni dei Sabbatini of Bologna and Don Taddeo dei Malavolti of Siena, Carthusian monks171Letter T4/G64 To an imprisoned Carthusian Monk175Letter T221/G152 To Suor Bartolomea della Seta, nun of the Monastery of Santo Stefano in Pisa179VTo Florence and Avignon and Back: (May 1376 to December 1376)Letter T229/G6/DT69 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon189Letter T255/G13/DT71 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon192Letter T230/G197/DT72 To the Eight of War, in Florence195Letter T218/G3/DT74 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon198Letter T232/G244/DT75 To Sano di Maco di Mazzacorno, in Siena203Letter T6/G166 To Monna Lapa, her mother206Letter T241/G354/DT73 To Monna Giovanna di Corrado Maconi, in Siena208Letter T233/G8/DT76 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon212Letter T231/G7/DT77 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon215Letter T235/G186/DT78 To Charles V, King of France219Letter T237/G190/DT79 To Louis, Duke of Anjou224Letter T191/G221 To Tommaso d'Alviano228Letter T238/G9/DT80 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon233Letter T210/G138 To Matteo di Fazzio dei Cenni, in Siena236Letter T234/G215/DT82 To Buonaccorso di Lapo, in Florence239Letter T239/G10/DT81 To Pope Gregory XI, in Avignon243Letter T240/G169/DT83 To Monna Lapa, her mother, in Siena249Letter T246/G51/DT85 To the prior of the Monastery of San Girolamo at Cervaia252Letter T247/G355/DT86 To Monna Giovanna di Corrado Maconi, in Siena255Letter T7/G23 To Pierre d'Estaing, Cardinal of Ostia259VISiena and Belcaro: (Late December 1376 Through Early Summer 1377)Letter T252/G11/DT88 To Pope Gregory XI, at Corneto269Letter T54/G160 To a nun of the Monastery of Sant' Agnesa in Montepulciano274Letter T130/G271 To Ipolito degli Ubertini276Letter T17/G131 To Frate Antonio da Nizza of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine at Selva di Lago, Lecceto280Letter T45/G266 To Francesco di Messer Vanni Malavolti285Letter T285/G14 To Pope Gregory XI288Letter T254/G84 To Pietro di Missere Iacomo Attaghufi dei Tolomei292Letter T209/G2 To Pope Gregory XI298Letter T155/G320 To Niera, wife of Gherardo Gambacorta, in Pisa303Letter T158/G48 To Nino da Spazzavento, a Pisan priest306Letter T184/G143 To the prior and brothers of the Company of the Virgin Mary in Siena308Letter T260/G309 To the prisoners in Siena316Letter T256/G42 To Niccolo dei Strozzi, prior of the Pisan Knights Hospitalers of St. John320Letter T257/G223/DT50 To Conte di Monna Agnola and to his companions, in Florence326Letter T72/G301 To Romano, a flax dresser of the Company of the Bigallo in Florence330Letter T112/G329 To the Countess Bandecca Salimbeni of Siena333Letter T114/G267 To Agnolino di Giovanni dei Salimbeni da Siena339Letter T270/G12 To Pope Gregory XI343Letter Fawtier 16 To Iacomo di Viva, at the Costarda dei Barbieri in Siena348Letter T278/G357 To Bartolomea di Domenico, in Rome352Letter T8/G82 To Frate Giusto, prior of Monteoliveto Maggiore355VIIThe Mission to the Val D'orcia: (July to December 1377)Letter T153/G170 To Monna Catarina and other women of Pisa364Letter T115/G332 To Madonna Isa Salimbeni368Letter T123/G202 To the Defenders of the Commune of Siena371Letter T294/G245 To Sano di Maco and all her other children in Siena378Letter T250/G65 To Fra Giovanni di Gano da Orvieto, abbot of Sant' Antimo384Letter T118/G175 To Caterina dello Spedaluccio and Giovanna di Capo, in Siena388Letter T122/G034 To the goldsmith Salvi di Messer Pietro, in Siena391Letter T110/G346 To Monna Stricca, wife of Cione di Sandro Salimbeni398Letter T71/G358 To Monna Bartolomea d'Andrea Mei da Siena402Letter T40/G372 To certain of her daughters in Siena408Letter T1/G168 To Monna Lapa, her mother411Letter T121/G201 To the Lord Defenders of the City of Siena413Letter T103/G195 To Benuccio di Piero and Bernardo di Uberto de' Belforti of Volterra418Letter T253/G194 To Messere Trincio de' Trinci da Fuligno and to his brother Corrado422Letter T197/G268 To Matteo di Tomuccio of Orvieto427Letter T126/G176 To Monna Alessa dei Saracini and Monna Cecca di Clemente Gori434Letter T120/G344 To Monna Rabe, wife of Francesco de' Tolomei437Letter T117/G167 To Monna Lapa, her mother, at the Monastery of Sant' Agnesa in Montepulciano441Letter T125/G161 To Monna Nera, prioress of the Mantellate of Siena443Letter T220/G155 To Suor Maddalena di Alessa, nun of the Monastery of Santa Bonda near Siena445Letter T182/G151 To Suor Bartolomea della Seta of the Monastery of Santo Stefano in Pisa451Letter T151a/G338 To Nella Buonconti456Letter T151b To Frate ...462Letter T55/G53 To Dom Guillaume Rainaud, Prior General of the Carthusians466Letter T267/G91 To Frate Raimondo da Capua472Letter T264/G324 To Madonna Jacoma, widow of Messer Trincio de' Trinci da Fuligno477Letter T314/G343 To Costanza, wife of Niccolo Soderini and to certain devoted children of hers484Letter T82/G367 To three women of Florence489Letter T272/G90 To Frate Raimondo da Capua, at Rome494Letter T173/G134 To a brother who has left his order507Letter T75/G146/DT62 To the nuns of San Gaggio near Florence and to the nuns of Monte San Savino514Letter T11/G24/DT23 To Pierre d'Estaing, Cardinal of Ostia521Letter T242/G37 To Bishop Angelo Ricasoli527Letter T296/G70 To Don Giovanni dalle Celle532Letter T309/G299 To Giovanni da Parma, in Rome537Letter T38/G184 To Agnesa, widow of Orso Malavolti544Letter T79/G149 To the abbess and nuns of San Pietro in Monticelli a Lignaia in Florence551Letter T23/G356 To Nanna, daughter of her brother Benincasa, in Florence557Letter T217/G156 To the superior and sisters of the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Vergini in Monteluce and to the prioress and sisters of the Monastery of San Giorgio in Perugia561Letter T95/G308 To certain Florentine youths, adopted sons of Don Giovanni dalle Celle567Letter T56/G86 To Frate Simone da Cortona572Letter T53/G182 To Agnesa, widow of Orso Malavolti576Letter T44/G283 To Ser Antonio di Ciolo578Letter T335/G56 To Don Cristofano, Carthusian monk at the Monastery of San Martino in Naples582Letter T50/G185 To Caterina di Ghetto593Letter T292/G129 To William Flete, Matteo di Fazzio dei Cenni, Fra Santi, and other disciples597Letter T49/G177 To Monna Alessa dei Saracini600Letter T62/G248 To Sano di Maco di Mazzacorno and her other children604Letter T259/G222 To Tommaso d'Alviano609Letter Gardner II To Samuelle da Rimine, Doctor of Laws617Letter T76/G76 To Giovanni di Bindo di Doccio, monk of Monteoliveto619Letter T116/G326 To Madonna Pantasilea, wife of Ranuccio da Farnese624Letter T224/G321 To Niera Gambacorta627Letter T87/G342 To Giovanna dei Pazzi630Letter T51/G133 To Frate Felice da Massa, Augustinian Hermit of Lecceto635Letter T287a/G75 To Pietro di Giovanni di Viva of the Carthusian Monastery at Maggiano639Letter T287b/G75 To Niccolo di Nanni di Ser Vanni of Monteoliveto Maggiore645Letter T104/G92 To Frate Raimondo da Capua652Letter T214/G174 To Caterina dello Spedaluccio and Giovanna di Capo658Letter Fawtier 15 To an unspecified group of her disciples662Letter T94/G84 To Frate Matteo di Francesco Tolomei of the Order of Preachers666Letter T113/G330 To the Countess Bandecca Salimbeni of Siena675Letter T282/G39 To Nicola da Osimo682Letter T128/G285 To Gabriele di Davino Piccolomini686Letter T22/G67 To Abbot Martino of Passignano691Letter T124/G142 To Matteo di Fazzio dei Cenni of the Casa della Misericordia in Siena695Letter T119/G178 To Monna Alessa dei Saracini699AppendixPersons Associated with Catherine of Siena703BibliographyPatristic and Medieval Works Cited as Possible Catherinian Sources727General Bibliography, Selected730Index741