Of the many saints named Elizabeth, the one most gloried in by all Americans is Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton who was born in New York City in 1774. After her husband’s death she converted to the Catholic Faith from Episcopalianism. She became a nun and founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph. She died in Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1821, the same year as Napoleon, when she was forty-six years old. She was canonized in 1975.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
