# St. Catherine — Saint Joan character guide

> St. Catherine in Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Catherine, Saint Catherine, Madame Saint Catherine, the blessed saints Catherine and Margaret

**First appearance:** 0007-joan-s-voices-and-visions

## Who they are

One of the saints who speaks to Joan in her visions.

## In the story

### [Joan's Voices and Visions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/joan-s-voices-and-visions)

One of the visionary saints through whom Joan received her instructions.

### [The Evolutionary Appetite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/the-evolutionary-appetite)

Mentioned as one of the celestial figures Joan claimed to see, representing a dramatization of superpersonal forces.

### [The Mere Iconography Does Not Matter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/the-mere-iconography-does-not-matter)

Mentioned as an example of a visionary figure seen by those with strong religious hallucinations.

### [The Modern Education Which Joan Escaped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/the-modern-education-which-joan-escaped)

St. Catherine is referenced as a figurehead of virtues and as part of Joan's medieval iconography of religious belief.

### [Failures of the Voices](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/failures-of-the-voices)

Saint Catherine is the voice who assures Joan of rescue, representing Joan's own reasoning.

### [Was Joan Suicidal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/was-joan-suicidal)

Mentioned as the saint who forbade Joan from jumping but later forgave her disobedience.

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