Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Also known as: Catherine Tekakwitha; Lily of the Mohawks; Protectress of Canada; Tegakouita; Tegakwitha
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
April 17
Died
April 17, 1680
Canonized
21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Beatified
22 June 1980 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, also known as Catherine Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks, Protectress of Canada, Tegakouita, and Tegakwitha, was born in 1656 in Osserneon (Auriesville), modern New York, USA. She was the daughter of a Christian Algonquin woman who was captured by the Iroquois and married to a non-Christian Mohawk chief....
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