In 1975, two centuries after her birth, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton, making her the first Saint to be a native-born citizen of the United States in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Seton came of age in Manhattan as the city and her family struggled to rebuild themselves after the Revolution, explored both contemporary philosophy and Christianity, converted to Catholicism from her native Episcopalian faith, and built the St.
In 1975, two centuries after her birth, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton, making her the first Saint to be a native-born citizen of the United States in the Roman Catholic Church