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.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first U.S. citizen canonized.
The truth be told, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first American citizen to be canonized. Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first American born saint to be canonized. Technically, St. Rose of Lima is the first American saint. She was born and lived in Lima, Peru. Peru is part of the Americas.
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini.
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.
Mary MacKillop who was recently canonized is Australia's first canonized saint.
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.
The first citizen of the United States to be canonized was St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, who was born in Italy but moved to this country and became a citizen. The first native born United States citizen to be canonized as 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.
Rose of Lima was the first American born (Peru, South America) saint to be canonized.
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.)
Frances Xavier Cabrini, born July 15th 1850 in Italy, died 22nd December 1917, was the first American citizen to be canonized. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, born 28th August 1774, died 4th January 1821, was the first native born citizen of the US to be canonized