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Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha is not yet a saint. She has been beatified. Many things of interest happened to her. One of the most startling happened at the moment of her death. Kateri had suffered from small pox was a child. The disease left her nearly blind and badly scarred. At the moment she died her complexion was totally cleared as though she had never had the disease.
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∙ 13y ago
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha suffered from smallpox as a child, which left her with facial scars and weakened eyesight. She also endured discrimination and persecution due to her conversion to Christianity.
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∙ 11y agoSaint Kateri was never married. She and a group of young Christian Indians asked to be allowed to create a new order of religious sister, but was refused. Instead they dedicated themselves as consecrated virgins.
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∙ 12y agonot so sure
but i think
she is the patron
of the enviornet and ecology
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∙ 9y agoShe suffered small pox as a child which left her badly scared and debilitated as well as with poor eyesight.
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∙ 9y agoSaint Kateri Tekakwitha was never married.
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What is the feast day of Kateri Tekakwitha?
The feast of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha is celebrated on July 14.
When was Saint Kateri Tekakwitha born?
Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 in what is today the state of New York.
Is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha a patron saint?
Saint Kateri is the patron of:ecologistsecologyenvironmentenvironmentalismenvironmentalistsexilesloss of parentspeople ridiculed for their piety
Is a canoe a symbol of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha?
No. It is the lily.
What is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's symbol?
Her symbol is a a lily.
Was Saint Tekakwitha an American saint from the Mohawk Indian Tribe?
Kateri Tekakwitha was half Mohawk and half Algonquin. She has not yet been canonized but is known as Blessed Kateri.
Who is the American Saint from Mohawk Indian Tribe?
Blessed Kateri TekakwithaBlessed Kateri Tekakwitha is not yet a saint. However, she is in the final stage of canonization. Her father was Mohawk and her mother Algonguin.
When was Saint Kateri born?
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 in present-day New York. She was a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman, who converted to Christianity and is now recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Did Saint Kateri marry a priest or a monk?
Kateri Tekakwitha was a virgin and never married. Priests and monks, likewise, do not marry.
Who is the patron saint of nature?
Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha are the patron saints of ecology and the environment.
Which American saint was from the Mohawk Indian Tribe?
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha - Her father was from the Mohawk tribe but her mother was Algonquin.
What saint was an American from Mohawk Indian Tribe?
Kateri Tekakwitha was half Mohawk and half Algonquin.
