Elizabeth Ann Seton
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St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (August 28, 1774 - January 4 1821) was baptized and raised an Episcopalian but converted to Roman Catholicism on March 14 1805. After the death of her husband, she established a school in Baltimore, Maryland to support her family as well as the education of her three daughters. At the invitation of the Archbishop of Baltimore she established Saint Joseph's Academy and Free School, a school dedicated to the education of Catholic girls in the United States at Emmitsburg, Maryland. She founded the first religious community of apostolic women of the United States, The Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph's at Emmitsburg, Maryland in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey, is named for her. It is the first Diocesan university in the United States.
On December 18,1959 Mother Seton was declared Venerable by the Sacred Congregation of the Catholic Church.
On September 14,1975 Pope Paul VI declared her a saint, she is the first United States-born person to be canonized.
Patronage: Widows, Children Near Death and Teachers
See also
- http://www.setonshrine.com
- http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/homilies/1975/documents/hf_p-vi_hom_19750914_en.html
- http://www.screensaves.com/seton.htm
