ID: 901001259 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001259	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena (Christian iconography)

Note: Myscial experience of St. Catherine, probably during the carnival of 1366, in which she devoted her virginity and became the bride of Christ in a spiritual espousal, a custom derived from the Old and the New Testament.

Display Date: probably 1366

Names:

	Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Siena (Christian iconography) (English,U,P)
	Matrimonio mistico di Santa Caterina da Siena (Christian iconography) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
		............Life of Saint Catherine of Siena (Christian iconography) (I)
		................Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena (Christian iconography) (P)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Jesus Christ
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Jesus Christ (Christian character)) [901000087]

Other Relationships:

	topic is .... marriage (social construct)
	.....(social structure, sociological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Siena
	.....(Siena province, Tuscany, Italy, Europe) (TGN)

	actor is .... Catherine of Siena, Saint (Italian tertiary, saint, 1347-1380)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena (Christian iconography)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Siena (Christian iconography)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	Matrimonio mistico di Santa Caterina da Siena (Christian iconography)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/438021
	................ Source for image http://www.palazzopretorio.prato.it/en/works-art/some-masterpieces/1856-mystical-marriage-of-st-catherine-of-siena-wi/