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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Feast 4 January

First native-born American saint. Widow, convert, foundress of Catholic schools.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Sacred art

Statues and images

The portrait kept with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is the image this library has of Elizabeth. The honour goes to the person, and through the person to God. It is not a machine, and it is not a substitute for the life written below.

The whole treasury

New York to Emmitsburg. Died 1821. The parochial school in the United States has her handwriting on it.