Katharina von Bora the sick alongside other nurses. Luther called her the "boss of Zulsdorf," after the name of the farm they owned, and the "morning star of Wittenberg" for her habit of rising at 4 a.m. to take care of her various responsibilities. The marriage of Katharina von Bora to Martin Luther was extremely important to the development of the Protestant Church, specifically in regards to its stance on marriage and the roles each spouse should concern themselves with. “Although Luther was by no means the first cleric of his time to marry, his prominence, his espousal of clerical marriage, and his
Catharine Burton other sources by Father Thomas Hunter, remained in manuscript till 1876. It was printed, with the title of "An English Carmelite" (London), under the editorial supervision of Father Henry James Coleridge, S.J. Catharine Burton Catharine Burton (1668–1714) was an English Discalced Carmelite nun. She was born at Beyton, Suffolk, near Bury St Edmunds, on 4 November 1668. Feeling called to the monastic life, Burton went to the Spanish Netherlands. There she made her religious profession in the monastery of the English Discalced Carmelite nuns at Antwerp in 1694, being known in that community as Mother Mary Xaveria of the Angels,