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born at Ossernenon
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Smallpox
Age 4, mother, father, and baby brother die from smallpox, and was adopted by her two aunts and uncle. After the smallpox outbreak they left Ossernenon and built a knew settlement at Caughnawaga, -
Blessed Kateri
Was a hard worker and was patient. She refused to marry, her aunts and uncle tried -
Converts to Catholicism
Age 19, converts to Catholicism.Adoptive parents and her neighbors disliked her choice of converting to Catholicism. Moved to Catholic community south of Montreal to keep away from persecution. -
often fasted
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Died from an illness at age 24
5 years after conversion to Catholicism -
Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI