Mary Melanie Holliday

Sister Mary Melanie Holliday

Holliday prior to her life in the convent
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Personal details
Born
Martha Ann Holliday

December 14, 1850
DiedApril 19, 1939(1939-04-19) (aged 88)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Parents
  • Robert Kennedy Holliday
  • Mary Anne Fitzgerald
OccupationReligious sister

Mary Melanie Holliday RSM (born Martha Ann "Mattie" Holliday; December 14, 1850 - April 19, 1939) was an American Catholic religious sister. As a member of the Sisters of Mercy, she served as Mother superior at the Convent and Academy of St. Vincent de Paul in Savannah and at the Convent of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta. While living in the convent in Savannah, she worked as a schoolteacher in the affiliated academy. When Holliday moved to the convent in Atlanta, she worked as a nurse at St. Joseph's Infirmary.