Catherine Tekakwitha

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Catherine Tekakwitha, also known as Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, was a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman who converted to Christianity and became the first Native American canonized as a Catholic saint.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Catherine Tekakwitha canonical 2
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century Christian saint ⓘ
Algonquin person ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ
Mohawk person ⓘ
Native American woman ⓘ
convert to Roman Catholicism ⓘ
human ⓘ
ageAtDeath 24 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Lily of the Mohawks ⓘ
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
associatedWith Jesuit missions in New France ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Auriesville, New York ⓘ
linked to: Auriesville

Kahnawake, Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Kahnawà:ke
baptismDate 1676-04-18 ⓘ
baptizedBy Jesuit missionaries ⓘ
beatifiedBy Pope Pius XII ⓘ
birthName Tekakwitha ⓘ
burialPlace Kahnawake ⓘ
linked to: Kahnawà:ke
canonizationStatus canonized saint ⓘ
canonizedBy Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship New France ⓘ
dateOfBeatification 1980-06-22 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1656 ⓘ
dateOfCanonization 2012-10-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1680-04-17 ⓘ
devotion Eucharistic adoration ⓘ
chastity ⓘ
penance ⓘ
ethnicGroup Algonquin ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
father Mohawk chief ⓘ
feastDay April 17 ⓘ
July 14 ⓘ
feastDayNote April 17 in Canada ⓘ
July 14 in the United States ⓘ
givenName Kateri ⓘ
hasShrine National Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Fonda, New York ⓘ
Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Kahnawake, Quebec ⓘ
iconographicAttribute Native dress ⓘ
cross ⓘ
lily ⓘ
influenced Native American Catholic communities ⓘ
languageOfWorship French ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
mother Algonquin Christian woman ⓘ
nativeLanguage Mohawk ⓘ
notableAs first Native American canonized as a Catholic saint ⓘ
patronage Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
Native Americans ⓘ
care for creation ⓘ
ecology ⓘ
environment ⓘ
people in exile ⓘ
placeOfBeatification St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ossernenon ⓘ
near present-day Auriesville, New York ⓘ
placeOfCanonization St. Peter's Square ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kahnawake ⓘ
linked to: Kahnawà:ke

St. Francis Xavier Mission, Kahnawake ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousName Kateri ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
tookVowOfChastity 1679 ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (4)

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

Beautiful Losers → containsCharacter → Catherine Tekakwitha ⓘ
Kateri Tekakwitha → alsoKnownAs → Catherine Tekakwitha ⓘ
Native American Catholics → hasPatron → Saint Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
linked to: Catherine Tekakwitha
Catherine Tekakwitha → alsoKnownAs → Saint Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
linked to: Catherine Tekakwitha