Talk:Elizabeth Ann Seton

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[edit] First U.S.-born saint

"She is the first United States-born person to be canonized." Well strictly, no she isn't; she was born in 1774, before the United States was founded. As far as I can tell, Katharine Drexel is the only Roman Catholic saint so far to have been born in the U.S. —Angr 14:09, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Seton was canonized in 1975. Drexel was canonized in 2000. The reference is to the date of canonization, not to her birth. She was a U.S. citizen. The wording, however, can be changed to more accurately represent that fact. --Strothra 04:35, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

The wiki page on Mother Cabrini claims that she was the first American citizen to be canonized, in the 1950's, and that appears to me to be the case. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.170.38.71 (talk) 19:50, 28 January 2007 (UTC).