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Rh Madrid, 1629. The famous Lope de Vega has celebrated this lady in his writings.

are two other Catherines distinguished by the same qualities: one of Sienna, who died in 1380; and the other of Bologna, died 1463, who wrote many religious works in Latin and Italian.

the contract, that prince, at fourteen years of age, made a public protestation against it; yet, being overcome by the advice of his council, he was married to her immediately after his accession to the