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Elizabeth Ann Seton
Nun, Organization founder
1774 – 1821
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Who was Elizabeth Ann Seton?
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, S.C., was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She established the first Catholic school in the nation, at Emmitsburg, Maryland, where she founded the first American congregation of religious sisters, the Sisters of Charity.
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- Born
- Aug 28, 1774
New York City - Also known as
- Elizabeth Ann Bayley
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Maryland
- New York City
- Died
- Jan 4, 1821
Emmitsburg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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