Saint of the Day 04/January/2022
Saint of the Day (January 4) ✠ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton St. Elizabeth Ann Seton ✠ Foundress, and Educator: Born: Elizabeth Ann Bayley August 28, 1774 New York City, Province of New York, British America Died: January 4, 1821 (Aged 46) Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Episcopal Church (United States) Beatified: March 17, 1963 Pope John XXIII Canonized: September 14, 1975 Pope Paul VI Major shrine: National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, Maryland (where her remains are entombed); Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton at 9 State Street in New York City (Site of her former residence) Feast: January 4 Patronage: Catholic Schools; Shreveport, Louisiana; and the State of Maryland Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She established the first Catholic girls' school in the nation in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where s...