The Shrine of the House of Saint Catherine

The cubicle

  • Visible through a grille on the right of the entrance to the oratory, the cubicle holds not only the stone used by Catherine as a support for her head in her rare moments of rest, but also some important relics of the Saint, kept in a case hanging on the left wall: the round handle of the walking stick she used to support herself, the jar where she put herbal essences to ease the pains of the . . .