Thomas Giccardo
Saint Juan Diego of Mexico, who was born in 1474, would be the first North American saint although he was not the first North American saint to be canonized.
Mary was the first canonized saint from Australia.
Yes, she was the first saint to be canonized who was born in the Americas - Peru.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first U.S. citizen canonized.
Mary Mackillop was the first native born Australian to be canonized as a saint
St. Rose of Lima was the first saint born in the Americas - Lima, Peru, South America. Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first saint born in the United States to be canonized.
The first native born American citizen was Saint Rose of Lima - born and raised in Peru, South AMERICA. The first native born saint of the United States is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Saint Rose of Lima was the first saint from the Americas to be canonized,The first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a saint was St. Rose of Lima. The first person born in the United States to be canonized as a saint was St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Juan Diego, an Aztec, was canonized a saint a few years back as the first Native American saint. Saint Kateri Tekakwitha recently canonized for North America. In South America another Native American person is in the final stages of canonization - Blessed Ceferino Namuncura whose father was the chief of a local tribe.
St. Frances Cabrini was the first US citizen to be canonized. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first person born in the US to be canonized. (Mother Cabrini was an Italian immigrant.)
Saint Rose of Lima from Lima, Peru, South America.The first native-born American to be canonized as a saint was St. Rose of Lima who was canonized a saint in 1671. She was born and spent her entire life in Peru.
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first U.S. citizen to be canonized. She was born in Italy but became a citizen of the United States.