St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Patronage: Catholic Schools; widows; orphans; those rejected/persecuted for their faith.

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton SC was a Catholic religious sister in the United States and an educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system.

• Born: August 28, 1774, New York, NY
• Died: January 4, 1821 (age 46 years)
• Buried: The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, MD
  
• Canonized: September 14, 1975, by Pope Paul VI
  
• Feast Day: January 4th
  
• Novena: December 26 – January 3

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