American Catholic religious sister and saint (1858–1955)
Saint
St. Katharine Drexel
SBS
Virgin
Born
(1858-11-26)November 26, 1858 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
March 3, 1955(1955-03-03) (aged 96) Bensalem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Beatified
November 20, 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
October 1, 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Major shrine
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, [Philadelphia, U.S.
Feast
March 3
The entrance to the shrine of Katherine Drexel in Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Katharine Drexel, SBS (born Catherine Mary Drexel; November 26, 1858 – March 3, 1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans.
Canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Drexel was the second person born in what is now the United States to be declared a saint and the first who was born a U.S. citizen.
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