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Setton, Elizabeth Ann, Saint, 1774-1821

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1774 August 28 - 1821 January 4

Biographical note

She was born in 1774 in New York and grew up as a devout Episcopalian until her thirty-first year when, widowed by the death of her husband William Magee Seton and with full responsibility for her five children, she was and was confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church in 1806 by Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore. She is the founder of the first American Sisterhood, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, and is considered by some as the initiator of the American parochial school system. Beatified in 1963, canonized in 1975.

(paraphrased from The Book of Saints : A Dictionary of Persons Canonized or Beatified by the Catholic Church. 5th edition. New York: Crowell, 1966.)

Alternate names

Elisabeth Anne Bayley Seton, Elizabeth Ann Bayley

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Dissociated relic certificates, 1923–1975

 File — Box 132: Series IX, Folder: 8
Identifier: IX
Scope and Contents

Includes certificates of authenticity for relics of Saints Ambrose, Aurelia, Bernadette Soubirous, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Laurence of Rome, Maria Goretti, Patrick, Peter Julian Eymard, Pius X, Richard of Chichester, Thérèse de Lisieux, and Vincenzo Maria Strambi.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1923–1975
Found in: / Liturgy and life collection / Relics

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IX
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Relics in a variety of reliquaries, including badges, crucifixes, devotional wallets, lockets, and reliquary boxes.



Content notice

Some relics include fragmentary human remains.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated
Found in: / Liturgy and life collection / Relics

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, undated

 File — Box 60: Series VIII, tray: 3, Item: 12
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents From the Series: Small personal religious items including badges, bookmarks, commemorative coins, devotional wallets, jewelry, medals, money clips, key rings, ribbons, pins, and travel accessories. Some items were used during prayer, while others mark religious identity or commemorate particular religious events or awards. Many objects are inscribed with "I am a Catholic; in case of an accident kindly notify a priest." Quite a few of the badges are handmade.Objects containing relics, including...
Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated
Found in: / Liturgy and life collection / Personal devotional and religious objects / By dedication

Saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton

 Sub-Series — Box 610: Series VII
Identifier: VII
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Material culture and pamphlets that document the Liturgical Movement and changes in religious life in the American Catholic Church from the early twentieth century through the implementation of the Second Vatican Council's reforms in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection contains artifacts of many kinds, including badges, bookmarks, candles, chalices, chaplets, crosses, crucifixes, holy water containers, jewelry, key rings, medals, money clips, monstrances, pins, plaques, relics, rosaries,...
Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1968
Found in: / Liturgy and life collection / Pamphlets

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