Born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, in present-day New York, she contracted smallpox in an epidemic; her family died and her face was scarred. She converted to Catholicism at age 19.

When Kateri was about four years old, her parents and younger brother died in a smallpox outbreak. Kateri survived the illness, but she was left with facial scars, damaged eyesight, and …

When she was four years old, a smallpox outbreak ravaged her village. Her parents and brother died, and Kateri herself was left with a scarred face and permanently darkened vision. Her …

2023年2月26日 · Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, also known as "Lily of the Mohawks," was born in 1656 in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon (present-day Auriesville, New York). She was the …

At the age of four, smallpox attacked Kateri’s village, taking the lives of her parents and baby brother, and leaving Kateri an orphan. Although forever weakened, scarred, and partially blind, …

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint, was born in 1656 to a Mohawk chief and a Christian Algonquin mother. Orphaned at age four and scarred by smallpox, she embraced …

Kateri's early life was marked by a devastating smallpox epidemic that swept through Ossernenon around 1660. The epidemic claimed the lives of her parents and her younger brother. Kateri …

On April 17, during Holy Week, St. Kateri Tekakwitha passed away at age 23. Those who assisted at her death were privileged to witness a miracle, the first of many that would be attributed to …

When Kateri was a child, her tribe was attacked by a smallpox epidemic. Both her father and mother were among those who had died. She, too, got the disease, leaving her with …

2012年11月19日 · She was orphaned in 1660 at the age of four when a smallpox epidemic wiped out most of her village, killing her parents and younger brother. The young Tekakwitha …