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St. Catherine of Genoa: Purgatory and the Afterlife

Season 1, Ep. 19

St. Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, 1447 – 1510) experienced mystical raptures that gave her profound insights on purgatory and the afterlife. She was beatified 1675 and canonized 1737. St. Catherine was born to a rich and powerful family in Genoa, Italy and married off at an early age, but endured a horrible marriage. That led to her conversion and life of prayer and penance. St. Catherine devoted herself to working at a hospital, and her husband eventually converted as well and joined her at the hospital.

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