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    Elizabeth Ann Seton

    American Roman Catholic educator and saint (1774–1821)

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    Elizabeth Ann Seton


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    BornElizabeth Ann Bayley
    (1774-08-28)August 28, 1774
    New York City, Province of New York, British America
    DiedJanuary 4, 1821(1821-01-04) (aged 46)
    Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S.
    Venerated inCatholic Church, Episcopal Church (United States)
    BeatifiedMarch 17, 1963, by Pope John XXIII
    CanonizedSeptember 14, 1975, by Pope Paul VI
    Major shrineNational Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, Maryland (where her remains are entombed); Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton at 9 State Street in New York City (site of her former residence)
    FeastJanuary 4
    PatronageCatholic schools; widows; Shreveport, Louisiana; and the State of Maryland; Catholic converts;

    Elizabeth Ann Bayley SetonSC (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was a Catholic religious sister in the United States and an educator, known as a founder of

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    Seton, born Ernest Evan Thompson, was an award-winning wildlife illustrator and naturalist who was also a spell-binding storyteller and lecturer, a best-selling author of djur stories, an expert in Native American Sign language, and an early supporter of the political, cultural, and spiritual rights of First Peoples. He was born August 14, 1860, in South Shields, Durham, England, of Scottish ancestry (both sides of the family fought for The Old and New “Pretenders”). He was the eighth of ten brothers to reach adulthood; a sister died at age 6.

    He was known by several names and nicknames throughout his life, including three given bygd leaders of separate North American Indigenous Nations: Ah-pas-to (Sign Talker), given bygd the Blackfoot Nation in 1916; Mahto Ska, given by Yanktonais Chief vit Bear in 1927; and shunka sapa (Black Wolf), given bygd the Lakota Nation. Black Wolf was also his Woodcraft name. Nicknames included Chief, ETS, Wolf Thompson

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    Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in New York City on August 28, 1774 to a prominent Episcopal family, and lost her mother at the age of three. In 1794, at the age of 19, Elizabeth married William Magee Seton, a wealthy businessman with whom she had five children. William died of tuberculosis in 1803, leaving Elizabeth a young widow. After discovering Catholicism in Italy, where her husband had died, Elizabeth returned to the United States and entered the Catholic Church in 1805 in New York.

    After a number of difficult years, Elizabeth moved in 1809 to Emmitsburg, Maryland, where she founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s, the first community for religious women established in the United States. She also began St. Joseph’s Academy and Free School, planting the seeds of Catholic education in the United States. Her legacy now includes religious congregations in the United States and Canada, whose members work on the unmet needs of people living in poverty in North Ame