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14/09/1975 The first American saint is canonized by Pope Paul VI

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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton HD

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SYND 14 9 75 POPE PROCLAIMES FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN SAINT

Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton in September 1975, in a ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Her feast day is January 4, the eleventh day of Christmastide and the anniversary of her death. Elizabeth Seton is the patron saint of seafarers and widows.