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Kateri Tekakwitha

1656–1680 · 17th century

Kateri Tekakwitha was a Mohawk-Algonquin woman born in the Mohawk valley of New York who converted to Catholicism and moved to the Jesuit mission of Kahnawake near Montreal. Known for her strict piety and penances, she died at the age of 24. She became the subject of devotion across North America, and in 2012 she was canonised as the first Native American saint.

Kateri Tekakwitha
Image: Father Claude Chauchetière, S.J. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kateri Tekakwitha. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kateri-tekakwitha
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