Kateri Tekakwitha | |
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 Portrait of Catherine Tekawitha, c. 1690, by Father Chauchetière | |
| Virgin[1] | |
| Born | 1656 Ossernenon, New Netherland |
| 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[2] 14 July (United States) |
| Attributes | Lily; Turtle; Rosary |
| Patronage | environment; ecology[3] |
| Controversy | Pressure to marry against will, shunned for her Catholic beliefs |
Kateri Tekakwitha (pronounced [ˈɡaderi deɡaˈɡwita] in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine, and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Mohawk/Algonquin Catholic saint and virgin. Born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, in present-day New York, she contracted smallpox in an epidemic; her family died and her face was scarred. She converted to Catholicism at age 19. She took a vow of perpetual virginity, left her village, and moved for the remaining five years of her life to the Jesuit mission village of Kahnawake, just south of Montreal. She was beatified in 1980 by Pope John Paul II and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica on 21 October 2012.
- ^ Pierre Cholence SJ, "Catharinae Tekakwitha, Virginis" (1696), Acta Apostolica Sedis, January 30, 1961
- ^ "Liturgical Calendar. Proper to The Dioceses of Canada" (PDF). cccb.ca. January 27, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ "St. Kateri Tekakwitha". Catholic.org.