Kateri Tekakwitha
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17th‑century Mohawk Catholic saint, first Indigenous saint of North America (1656–1680)
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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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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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