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Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

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Noun

1. elizabeth seton, mother seton, saint elizabeth ann bayley seton, seton

United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821)

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Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

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American religious leader. A widowed mother of five, she converted to Catholicism (1805), opened a parochial school in Maryland, and founded a religious order, the Sisters of Charity (1809). She was the first native-born American to be canonized (1975).

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