Catherine of Siena: Episode Three
The Saints
The Merry Beggars
4.8 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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🗺️ Catherine of Siena - Episode Three: God’s Servant
France, 1375. Through Cardinal Noellet, Pope Gregory has allied himself with Bernabo Visconti, the tyrant of Milan. And if an alliance between the pope and a warlord weren’t scandal enough, Cardinal Noellet has made matters worse by demanding money from the people of Florence. As conflict between the French Pope and Italian city-states rises, Catherine Benincasa enters the fight in earnest.
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Blending courage with charity, Catherine of Siena models the radical pursuit of God - even at the cost of the esteem of the world. Catherine, a mystic, received the stigmata, but is also remembered for a major political achievement: through her intervention, she fought to return the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France. Catherine’s complete trust in God led her to act to restore the papacy to its rightful place at the head of the Church, instead of being merely a political position.
This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Bernabo Visconti, an Italian tyrant, forces a representative of the pope to eat the message he was sent to deliver. The Pope is torn between his loyalties to his father and his duties to the Church. Catherine experiences intense visions, often collapsing in a mystical ecstasy. It is during one of these visions that she receives the stigmata. Bernabo Visconti threatens several characters. Characters are shown drinking after a successful battle. Bernabo Visconti mocks the idea of excommunication.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | France 1375 AD. |
| 0:05.0 | Pope Gregory has allied himself with Bernabeau Visconti, the tyrant of Milan. |
| 0:11.0 | And if an alliance between the Pope and a warlord weren't scandal enough, |
| 0:16.0 | Cardinal Noelle has made matters worse by demanding money from the people of Florence. |
| 0:25.5 | As conflict rises between the French Pope and the Italian city states, |
| 0:28.8 | Catherine Benincaza enters the fight in earnest. |
| 0:36.6 | The Saints Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 0:40.4 | Catherine of Sienna. |
| 0:42.3 | Episode 3. |
| 0:43.8 | God's servant. |
| 0:45.7 | Listen to all the episodes and discover new shows at the Saintspodcast.com. |
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| 1:18.4 | Pope Gregory has done exactly as I feared, allied himself with Bernabo, the tyrant of Milan. |
| 1:19.4 | Oh, God, have mercy! |
| 1:21.2 | I learn more about Bernabo every day, and it makes my blood run cold. |
| 1:25.0 | I should go visit him. |
| 1:26.2 | Perhaps I could! |
| 1:27.2 | I don't think even you can save Bernabal Visconti. |
| 1:30.4 | Did you know he makes his subjects care for his 5,000 hunting dogs? |
| 1:34.6 | Even the monasteries are compelled to keep his hounds. |
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