Kateri Tekakwitha

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Kateri Tekakwitha was a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman who converted to Catholicism and became the first Native American saint canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

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Kateri Tekakwitha canonical 25

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century person ⓘ
Algonquin person ⓘ
Catholic convert ⓘ
Mohawk person ⓘ
Native American saint ⓘ
Roman Catholic saint ⓘ
human ⓘ
ageAtDeath 24 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Catherine Tekakwitha ⓘ
Lily of the Mohawks ⓘ
associatedWith Jesuit missionaries in New France ⓘ
Kahnawake Mohawk mission ⓘ
baptismDate 1676 ⓘ
baptismName Catherine ⓘ
baptismPlace Fonda, New York region (Mohawk mission) ⓘ
linked to: Fonda, New York
beatificationDate 1980-06-22 ⓘ
beatificationPlace St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City ⓘ
beatifiedBy Pope John Paul II ⓘ
canonizationDate 2012-10-21 ⓘ
canonizationPlace St. Peter's Square, Vatican City ⓘ
linked to: St. Peter's Square
canonizedBy Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship New France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1656 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1680 ⓘ
devotionalTitle Lily of the Mohawks ⓘ
ethnicGroup Algonquin ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
familyName Tekakwitha ⓘ
father Mohawk chief ⓘ
feastDay July 14 ⓘ
givenName Kateri ⓘ
mother Algonquin Christian woman ⓘ
Tagaskouita ⓘ
notableFor conversion to Catholicism among the Mohawk ⓘ
devotion to chastity and prayer ⓘ
first Native American canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
patronage Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
Native Americans ⓘ
ecology ⓘ
environment ⓘ
people in exile ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mohawk village near present-day Auriesville, New York ⓘ
Ossernenon ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kahnawake ⓘ
linked to: Kahnawà:ke

Mohawk mission village south of Montreal ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
tookVowOfChastity 1679 ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mohawk people → notablePerson → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Kateri School → namedAfter → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
St. Francis Xavier Mission → hasRelicOf → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
St. Francis Xavier Mission → hasShrineTo → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
St. Francis Xavier Mission → notableBurial → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Native American Catholics → hasNotablePerson → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Catherine Tekakwitha → alsoKnownAs → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
The Reason for Crows → mainCharacter → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
The Reason for Crows → protagonist → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Kateri → associatedWith → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Kateri → notableBearer → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Lily of the Mohawks → refersTo → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Lily of the Mohawks → appliedTo → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Lily of the Mohawks → devotionFocus → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Ossernenon → associatedWith → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Ossernenon → relatedPerson → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Tagaskouita → child → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Tagaskouita → motherOf → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Tagaskouita → associatedWith → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Tekakwitha → notableBearer → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Kahnawake Mohawk mission → significantPerson → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Kahnawake Mohawk mission → residenceOf → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Kahnawake Mohawk mission → associatedWith → Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ