Caterina Giovanni

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Registered Name: Caterina Giovanni Resides: Namron Status: Active Joined SCA: 2003
Order of Precedence
Caterina Giovanni
Heraldry
Quarterly argent and vert, in bend two paw prints within a bordure sable.

Her Serene Highness, Princess Caterina Giovanni di Gilead, OP, OM

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Offices:

• Local Offices
  • Prior Baroness of Namron
  • Prior Deputy Hospitaler, Barony of Namron
  • Prior Hospitaler, Barony of Namron
  • Prior Seneschal, Barony of Wiesenfeuer

• Regional Offices
  • Prior Northern Region Hospitaler

• Principality Offices
  • Third Princess of Vindheim
  • Eighth Princess of Vindheim

• Kingdom Offices
  • Kingdom Missile Marshal 2020 - 2022
  • Kingdom Siege Marshal 2018 - 2020
  • Deputy Kingdom Missile Marshal for Siege Weapons, 2018

Persona History:

Late 1500s Italian.

Interests:

• Middle Eastern Dance
• Cooking
• Scribal Arts / Illumination
• Siege Weapons
• Combat & Target Archery

Timeline of Activity:

• At Summer Crown Tournament, June 2025, Caterina was announced as a candidate for the Order of the Mark. Her Elevation will occur at Namron Protectorate (October 3, 2025)

Prior Groups:

• Shire of Arenal, Kingdom of Meridies

#GarbInSnow
Photo credit to Orlando Giovanni de Gilead

Populace Provided Information:

Angelina Francesca de Nardi

There is not one story of HE Caterina Giovanni di Gilead but many. I can not single one out. For to me she is Mamma Cat, my SCA mom. Caterina welcomed me into her family early on and I have been one of her "daughters" for over 4 years. She is funny, kind, generous, and knows to always hand me a glass of wine. Caterina is one who has inspired me to have "helium hand" as she is always hard at work. Setting up or tearing down at an event, feastocrat, autocrat, she is ALWAYS doing something. She is one of the most amazing and beautiful people I know inside and out

Kyna Terricsdottir

While at Gulf Wars one year, Caterina Giovanni di Gilead thought that playing in mud puddles would be a GREAT IDEA! So much fun, in fact, that she convinced others to join her. SOON, there were 10 people jumping in the mud. Then, 20, 50, 100 people covered in mud, now in need of a shower! Where was Caterina though... She had already made off to Namron camp, to the shower.

Kolfinna Egilsdóttir

I can confirm Kyna's story. Caterina is always a little muddy. And for the record, I have never chased Cat with a broken glow stick. Vicious rumor!
She is also one of the hardest working people in the SCA who I know. Her hand is permanently fixed in the "up" position.

Ophelia Warde

Caterina “Cat”-The SCA’s version of Superwoman! She does everything from feeding everyone to doing the dishes! She’s beautiful, talented, feisty, and super kind!

Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:

• Prior Middle Eastern Dance Champion of House Wolfstar
• Prior Middle Eastern Dance Champion of the Barony of Wiesenfeuer
• Prior Cooking Champion of the shire of Adlersruhe
• Siege Marshal in Charge, Ansteorra 40th Year
• In 2020, created the Virtual Academy of Service Minded Individuals, a group of over 500 individuals across Ansteorra and the Known World, with weekly classes on a variety of service topics.

Affiliations:

• Married to Orlando Giovanni de Gilead
• Prior Protégé to Vanessa de Verona
• Apprentice to Mistress Valia of the Mists
• Prior Arcarius to Maestro Vincenti da Murano
• Prior Protégé to Vincenti da Murano
• Member, House Wolfstar
• Consort to Micauley Morison and reigned with him as 3rd Vindheim Coronet