Kateri Tekakwitha Saint

Saint 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 Roman Catholic saint who was an Algonquin–Mohawk virgin and laywoman. Born in Auriesville (now part of New York), she suffered from smallpox as a young child which scarred her face and greatly weakened her eyes. She converted to Roman Catholicism at age nineteen and was renamed Kateri. She settled for the remaining years of her life at the Jesuit mission village of Kahnawake, south of Montreal in New France, now Canada.Tekakwitha took a devout vow of perpetual virginity. She was baptized in honor of Saint Catherine of Siena. Upon her death at the age of 24, minutes after her death, witnesses say her scars vanished and she appeared radiant and beautiful. Known for her virtue of chastity and mortification of the flesh, as well as being shunned by her tribe for her religious conversion to Catholicism, she is the fourth Native American to be venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.Under the pontificate of John Paul II'>Pope John Paul II, she was beatified in 1980 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica on 21 October 2012. Various miracles and supernatural events are attributed to her intercession.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1656
Birth place	Auriesville New York , Iroquois
Date of death	April 17, 1680
Place of death	Kahnawake , Canada , Quebec
Title	Religious ascetic and laywoman Virgin Penitent

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beatified by	Pope John Paul II
beatified date	June 22, 1980
beatified place	Vatican City
canonized by	Pope Benedict XVI
canonized date	October 21, 2012
canonized place	Vatican City
major shrine	Kahnawake Canada Quebec
venerated in	Catholic Church