St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, S.C., († 1821) was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. 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. She was beatified by Pope John XXIII on March 17, 1963. The pope said on occasion, “In a house that was very small, but with ample space for charity, she sowed a seed in America which by Divine Grace grew into a large tree.” Pope Paul VI canonized her on September 14, 1975. Her feast day is January 4, the eleventh day of Christmastide. She is the patron saint of seafarers, Catholic Schools; Shreveport, Louisiana; and the State of Maryland.
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