Elizabeth Ann Seton

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Elizabeth Ann Seton

Elizabeth Ann Seton
Abbess
Born August 28, 1774, New York City
Died January 4, 1821
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified March 17, 1963 by Pope John XXIII
Canonized September 14, 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Major shrine House at 7 State Street in New York City (former residence); Emmitsburg, Maryland (site of her body)
Feast January 4
Patronage death of children; in-law problems; loss of parents; opposition of Church authorities; people ridiculed for their piety; Shreveport, Louisiana; widows
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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.

Due to her conversion she lost the support of her friends and family. Seton and her husband, shipping merchant (and Protestant) William Magee Seton, had been New York aristocrats. The Setons went bankrupt in 1803 and William died shortly thereafter. They had five children. Elizabeth died from tuberculosis at the age of 46.

[edit] Works

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton helped with the formation of the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children, NYC's first private charity organization. In 1808, Seton established Saint Joseph's Academy and Free School, a school dedicated to the education of Catholic girls, in Emmitsburg, Maryland, at the invitation of the president of St Mary's Seminary. St. Joseph's would later merge with St. Mary's to become Mount Saint Mary's College, now Mount Saint Mary's University

She founded the first religious community of apostolic women of the United States, the Sisters of Charity, in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

[edit] Recognition

On December 18, 1959, Seton was declared Venerable by the Sacred Congregation of the Catholic Church. She was beatified by Pope John XXIII on March 17, 1963 and canonized by Pope Paul VI on September 14, 1975. She is the first United States citizen to be canonized. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is the patron saint of widows, children near death, and teachers. Her feast day is January 4. Her name appears on the front doors to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, describing her as a "Daughter of New York".

Several schools are named for Seton, including Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Grade School in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Nepean, Ontario, and Elizabeth Seton High School in Maryland.

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