Catherine Tekakwitha

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Catherine Tekakwitha, also known as Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, was a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman who converted to Christianity and became the first Native American canonized as a Catholic saint.

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Catherine Tekakwitha canonical 2
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century Christian saint
Algonquin person
Catholic saint
Mohawk person
Native American woman
convert to Roman Catholicism
human
ageAtDeath 24
alsoKnownAs Kateri Tekakwitha
Lily of the Mohawks
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
associatedWith Jesuit missions in New France
associatedWithPlace Auriesville, New York
linked to: Auriesville

Kahnawake, Quebec
linked to: Kahnawà:ke
baptismDate 1676-04-18
baptizedBy Jesuit missionaries
beatifiedBy Pope Pius XII
birthName Tekakwitha
burialPlace Kahnawake
linked to: Kahnawà:ke
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Benedict XVI
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship New France
dateOfBeatification 1980-06-22
dateOfBirth 1656
dateOfCanonization 2012-10-21
dateOfDeath 1680-04-17
devotion Eucharistic adoration
chastity
penance
ethnicGroup Algonquin
Mohawk
father Mohawk chief
feastDay April 17
July 14
feastDayNote April 17 in Canada
July 14 in the United States
givenName Kateri
hasShrine National Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Fonda, New York
Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Kahnawake, Quebec
iconographicAttribute Native dress
cross
lily
influenced Native American Catholic communities
languageOfWorship French
Mohawk
mother Algonquin Christian woman
nativeLanguage Mohawk
notableAs first Native American canonized as a Catholic saint
patronage Indigenous peoples of North America
Native Americans
care for creation
ecology
environment
people in exile
placeOfBeatification St. Peter's Basilica
placeOfBirth Ossernenon
near present-day Auriesville, New York
placeOfCanonization St. Peter's Square
placeOfDeath Kahnawake
linked to: Kahnawà:ke

St. Francis Xavier Mission, Kahnawake
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousName Kateri
sexOrGender female
tookVowOfChastity 1679
veneratedIn Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Beautiful Losers containsCharacter Catherine Tekakwitha
Kateri Tekakwitha alsoKnownAs Catherine Tekakwitha
Native American Catholics hasPatron Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
linked to: Catherine Tekakwitha
Catherine Tekakwitha alsoKnownAs Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
linked to: Catherine Tekakwitha