Saint 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 the 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, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, and The United States Public Health Servicetc; Catholic Schools; Shreveport, Louisiana; and the State of Maryland.
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Round halmarked silver theca housing relic of Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, S.C. The relic is affixed to the background of red silk and identified as B. ELISABETH SETON. Under protective cap the theca is sealed by the red wax seal with a coat of arms of The Redemptorists.
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- ID#: 14-OHR-25
- Size: 35 mm across
- Age: ca. mid - 20th century
- Materials: silver
- Price: SOLD!
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