Catherine of Bologna

Details

Instance of

human

Born

8 August 1413, 8 September 1413, 1413, 1414

Died

9 March 1463, 1463

Place of birth

Bologna

Place of death

Bologna

Sex or gender

female

Given name

Catherine

Occupation

painter, nun, teacher, mystic, illuminator, artist, writer, musician

Position held

abbess

Citizenship

Lordship of Bologna

Religion

Catholic Church

artist files at

Frick Art Research Library, Centro di documentazione sulla storia delle donne artiste in Europa dal Medioevo al Novecento

birth name

Caterina de' Vigri

canonization status

Catholic saint

described by source

Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, 1905, Web Gallery of Art, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library, A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography, Women in the fine arts, from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D., Concise Dictionary of Women Artists, A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country, Women artists, their patrons, and their publics in early modern Bologna, Notizie de' professori del disegno cioè pittori, scultori e architetti bolognesi e forestieri di sua scuola

domain of saint or deity

Bologna, temptation, artist, liberal arts education

end of work period

1463

feast day

March 9

has works in the collection

Gallerie dell'Accademia

languages spoken, written or signed

Italian, Latin

name in native language

Caterina da Bologna

notable work

I dodici giardini, The Seven Spiritual Weapons

place of burial

Corpus Domini, Bologna

religious order

Poor Clares

start of work period

1428

subject has role

Virgin

work location

Bologna

Authority files