St. Catherine of Siena Window
The figure of our patron saint, Catherine (1347-1380), dominates this window. She is clothed in the habit of the mantellate, a name given to lay women who were Dominican nuns living in the world but not of it. Unlike most of the religious orders of women at that time, they were not cloistered. A painting of Catherine by a contemporary was used as a model for the face of the saint. The lilies at the upper left and lower right are the heraldic […]