Catherine of Siena begins her public mission
1373
The young Dominican tertiary, illiterate but visionary, began dictating letters to popes and princes urging reform of the Church and a return of the papacy to Rome. Her correspondents included cardinals, queens, and condottieri. Within five years she would walk to Avignon herself and bend the will of Gregory XI to repatriate the curia.
In context
Also in 1373 (3 other events on record)
- Gajah Mada dies, Majapahit reaches zenith · Southeast Asia · Politics
- Ming dynasty fortifies the northern frontier · East Asia · War
- Anglo-Portuguese alliance signed at Westminster · Europe · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.