CHAPTER VIII.

Return to Rome.—Her great reputation.—Friendship with Michael Angelo.—Medal of this period.—Removal to Orvieto.—Visit from Luca Contile.—Her determination not to quit the Church.—Francesco d'Olanda.—His record of conversations with Vittoria.—Vittoria at Viterbo.—Influence of Cardinal Pole on her mind.—Last return to Rome.—Her death 377

APPENDIX:

The Original of the Letter of St. Catherine of Siena to the King of France 393

NOTES 398

INDEX 410

A DECADE OF ITALIAN WOMEN.

SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA. (1347–1380.)