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Kateri Tekakwitha
Tekakwitha
(Known as "Lily of the Mohawks")
Catholic Saint, Mohawk-Algonquin Ascetic, Patron of Ecology
Born
1656
Ossernenon (Auriesville), United States
Ossernenon (Auriesville), United States
Passed Away
Apr 17, 1680
Kahnawake, Canada
Lifespan
24 years old
"I will love you in heaven as I have loved you on earth."
Archival Overview
First Indigenous North American woman canonized as a Roman Catholic saint, revered for her ascetic piety, devotion, and compassion at Kahnawake.
Biographical Record
Kateri Tekakwitha was born to a Mohawk father and Christian Algonquin mother. Orphaned at age four by smallpox that scarred her face and impaired her eyesight, she was given the name Tekakwitha.
Baptized into the Catholic faith at age twenty by Jesuit missionaries, she fled south-facing hostility to join the Christian Mohawk community of Kahnawake on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. There she lived a life of rigorous mortification and profound prayer until her death at twenty-four, canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Saint-François-Xavier Mission National Shrine
Kahnawake, Canada
Kahnawake, Canada
GPS: 45.4147, -73.6811
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