Seton, Elizabeth
SETON, ELIZABETH (1774–1821), was the first American-born Christian saint, and first founder of a sisterhood in the United States. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was born probably ...
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Seton, Elizabeth Ann
Born August 28, 1774 (New York, New York)
Died January 4, 1821 (Emmitsburg, Maryland)
Educator, religious leader
Elizabeth Ann Seton was a convert to Roman Catholicism who formed ...
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Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first American woman to be beatified, founded the first American order of nuns, initiated the parochial school system, and established the first Catholic or...
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A religious figure and educator in the early nineteenth century and the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the Sisters of Charity and established several schools that provid...
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Seton, Elizabeth
Seton, Elizabeth Ann
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
Elizabeth Ann Seton