Euphemia Blenkinsop | |
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![]() Mother Euphemia, from an 1897 publication. | |
Born | Catherine Blenkinsop April 18, 1816 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | March 18, 1887 Emmitsburg, Maryland | (aged 70)
Other names | Sister Euphemia, Mother Euphemia |
Occupation(s) | teacher, religious sister |
Relatives | Peter J. Blenkinsop (brother) |
Euphemia Blenkinsop (April 18, 1816 – March 18, 1887), born Catherine Blenkinsop, also known as Mother Euphemia, was an Irish-born American religious sister and teacher, and visitatrix (provincial leader) of the Daughters of Charity in the United States, from 1866 to her death in 1887.