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>>22231086
Maybe she was just incredibly holy. Catherine of Siena is one of the big-time saints, her reputation is considerable. She was able to order the Pope himself around; she's the reason the Avignon Papacy ended and the Pope returned to Rome. Also her head, which is her main relic, is remarkably well-preserved for its age and decayed only very slowly over basically a thousand years.

Also she's one of only a few female Doctors of the Church, due to her Dialogue being a major theological work.