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Se·ton  (stn), Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Known as "Mother Seton." 1774-1821.

American religious leader. A widowed mother of five, she converted to Catholicism (1805), opened a parochial school in Maryland, and founded a religious order, the Sisters of Charity (1809). She was the first native-born American to be canonized (1975).

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Seton [ˈsiːt^ən]

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(Biographies / Seton, Ernest Thompson (1860-1946) M, USnational of birth: English, WRITING: author, ARTS AND CRAFTS: illustrator of animal books) Ernest Thompson. 1860-1946, US author and illustrator of animal books, born in England

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Seton - United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) Elizabeth Seton, Mother Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton