Elizabeth Ann Seton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elizabeth Ann Seton

first native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1774

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1821

Profession: teacher, nun, abbess, memoirist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, SC, (August 28, 1774 – January 4, 1821) was the first person born in what would become the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church (September 14, 1975).
She established the first Catholic girls' school in the nation in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where she also founded the first American congregation of religious sisters, the Sisters of Charity.