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- ↑ Santa Maria della Scala official site.
- ↑ Viae Siena describes the incident of Niccolo di Tuldo in which St Catherine calmed and comforted a condemned man such that he was led to scaffold like a lamb.
- ↑ Guida di Siena e dei suoi dintorni, Enrico Torrini, Editor (1907), page 70-71.
- ↑ Viae Siena Intinerary of sites related to St Catherine.