Kateri Tekakwitha
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17th‑century Mohawk Catholic saint, first Indigenous saint of North America (1656–1680)
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Kateri Tekakwitha was a 17th-century religious sister and Catholic saint. Born in Montgomery County in 1656, she was a member of the Mohawk and Algonquin peoples. She spoke the Mohawk language and is recognized by the Catholic Church as a blessed and a Virgin. Her feast day is observed on April 17.
Tekakwitha died in Kahnawake on April 17, 1680. She is described in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Her name in her native language is Kateri Tetakwithas. She held Canadian citizenship and is associated with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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Key facts
- Born
- 1656, Ossernenon , New Netherland ( New York , United States)
- Baptized
- 18 April 1676
- Died
- 17 April 1680 (aged 24), Kahnawake (near Montreal ), Canada, New France
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church
- Beatified
- 22 June 1980, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- 21 October 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
- Feast
- 17 April , 14 July (United States)
- Attributes
- Lily ; Turtle ; Rosary
- Patronage
- environment ; ecology ; people in exile ; Native Americans ; orphans ; people ridiculed for their piety
- Controversy
- Pressure to marry against will, shunned for her Catholic beliefs
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Montgomery County
- Place of death
- Kahnawake
- Occupation
- religious sister
- Languages spoken
- Mohawk
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Official website
- www.kateritekakwitha.org
- Image
- Tekakwitha.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kateri Tekakwitha
- feast day
- April 17
- date of birth
- 1656-01-01
- date of death
- 1680-04-17
- canonization status
- blessed
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
- name in native language
- Kateri Tetakwithas
- ethnic group
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- subject has role
- Virgin
- time period
- 17th century
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Encyclopedic overview
Kateri Tekakwitha ( pronounced [ˈɡaderi deɡaˈɡwita] in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha (Tekaouïta, baptized as Catherine ("Kateri" in Mohawk), known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680) and Protectress of Canada, also as Geneviève of New France/ Geneviève of Canada, was a Mohawk/Algonquin young woman when she converted to Catholicism. Committing to live as a virgin, she became known for her devotion to Jesus Christ, diligent work ethic, and dedicated prayers for her fellow Native people. She was canonized in 2012, the first Native American saint.
Born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, in present-day New York, she and her family contracted smallpox in an epidemic; she was the only one of the family to survive, but had scarring on her face. She was influenced by French Jesuit missionaries and converted to Catholicism at age 19.
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