Kateri Tekakwitha

Kateri Tekakwitha, given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine, and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks, is a Catholic saint and virgin who was an Algonquin–Mohawk. Born in... Wikipedia

• Died:  17 April 1680 (aged 24), Kahnawake (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada
• Beatified:  22 June 1980, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
• Canonized:  21 October 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
• Major shrine:  Saint Francis Xavier Church, Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada
• Feast:  17 April, 14 July (United States)
• Attributes:  Lily, Turtle, Rosary
• Patronage:  ecologists, ecology, environment, environmentalists, loss of parents, people in exile, people ridiculed for their piety, Native Americans
• Controversy:  Pressure to marry against will, shunned for her Catholic beliefs
• Age at death:  24 years
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo