Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton - St. Patrick Catholic Church of Kokomo

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton - St. Patrick Catholic Church of Kokomo

Saint Elizabeth Ann
Seton
1774-1821
Important Places in Her Life
New York, NY – Born in 1774
and received into the Catholic
Church on March 14, 1805
New York, NY
Baltimore, MD &
Emmitsburg, MD
Baltimore, MD – Started first
free Catholic school in the USA
in 1808
Emmitsburg, MD– Started
Sisters of Charity in the USA
Important Places in Her Life
• Pisa – spent one month
in quarantine after
arriving from New York in
1803 (two weeks before
her husband’s death)
• Livorno – Stayed with
the Fillichi family in 1804
and began her conversion
to Catholicism
ITALY
Livorno (Leghorn)
Pisa
Rome
Elizabeth’s Father, Dr. Richard Bayley
Trinity Episcopalian Church
Where She Was Baptized
Elizabeth as a Young Girl
St. Elizabeth Bayley Seton
William Seton Sr. (Elizabeth’s Father-inLaw), With Other Officers of the Bank
Including Alexander Hamilton
Elizabeth’s Husband, William Seton
Elizabeth With Her Son
Painted by Joseph Dawley in 1975
The Seton Children-Anna Marie, Richard,
William, Catherine Josephine, Rebecca
First Episcopalian Bishop of NY, Rt. Rev.
John Henry Hobart, DD
(One of Her First Spiritual Advisors)
Elizabeth—High Society to the Convent
Elizabeth by Saint-Memin (1797)
lazzaretto of San Jacopo
Seton’s Home During Their 1-Month
Quarantine Upon Arrive in Italy
Elizabeth – The Young Widow
Amabilia Filicchi, Antonio Filicchi & Their
Son Filippo Who Was William's Associate)
Livorno (also known as Leghorn)
Italian Town Where Elizabeth Stayed
Church of San Caterina Where the
Filicchi Family Would Often Go
Painting of Mary in
the Private Chapel of
the Fillichi
Sanctuary of Montenero in Livorno
Where She Realized She Believed in
the Real Presence
St. Peters Church Where She Was
Received into the Catholic Church by Fr.
Matthew O'Brien on March 14, 1805 &
Made Her First Communion on March 25
Bishop John Carroll, First Bishop of US
Who Confirmed Her on Pentecost
Sunday, 1806
Rev. Louis William Dubourg, S.S Invited
Elizabeth to Baltimore to Teach Girls
(in 1806)
Founded Sisters of Charity in US
Elizabeth’s Habit
Seton House in Baltimore Where She
Opened the First Catholic School in
Baltimore in 1808 (on Paca Street)
Stone House Where Seton & Sisters
Lived When Moved to Emmitsburg
Town Square Emmitsburg in 1909
Fr. Simon Brute-Elizabeth's Spiritual
Director and Chaplain for Her Order
Her Sleeping Alcove in Emmitsburg
Elizabeth at the Orphanage-Painting by
Pietro Gagliardi
St. Patricks School in NY (First School in
1822) Opened by Her Order Shortly
After Her Death
The Canonization Ceremony
Banner From Her Canonization
Final Resting Place in Emmitsburg, MD
She is buried in the
National Shrine
named after her
Her Tomb
Canonization & Feast Day
• Beatification Date: Mar. 17, 1963
by Pope John XXIII
• Canonization Date:
Sept. 14, 1975 by Pope Paul VI
• Feast Day: January 4
• Patron Saint of severely ill
children, widows, the state of
Maryland, those persecuted for
their faith
Contemporaneous
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Saint John Vianney
Saint Paul of the Cross
Blessed Junipero Serra
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Blessed Anne Catherine
Emmerick
Saint Peter Julian Eymard
Saint Peter Chanel
St. Anthony Mary Claret
Saint Andrew Dung Lac
St. Catherine Laboure
Saint John Neumann
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
Saint John Bosco
Saint Caspar Del Bufalo