Byte-Sized Virtue S10E03 – Lessons From a French Peasant Girl


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Continuing on the theme of Humility, this week Withstand the Fury Dragon considers the example of St. Catherine of Siena, a Catholic saint and one of the Doctors of the Catholic Church. And to be fair, wholly apart from her religion or her sainthood, Catherine is a profound and interesting example of the power — yes, power — of being humble and holy. Because, when we consider the social status of women in the 1300s, we wouldn’t expect any woman — let alone a layperson, a French peasant girl — to have the ability or clout to move even the Pope to action.

And yet, Catherine did just that.

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