St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first American citizen to be become a canonized saint. Elizabeth Bayley Seton was canonized by Pope Paul VI on September 14, 1975. A converted Roman Catholic, Elizabeth Seton established the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children, the Daughters of Charity of Saint Joseph, and helped create hospitals, orphanages and parochial schools.
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