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  2. Frances Xavier Cabrini MSC ( Italian: Francesca Saverio Cabrini; July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917), also known as Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American Catholic religious sister. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a religious institute that was a major support to her fellow Italian immigrants to the United States.

  3. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (born July 15, 1850, Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy [Italy]—died December 22, 1917, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.; canonized July 7, 1946; feast day November 13) was the Italian-born founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart and the first United States citizen to be canonized. She is revered as the patron ...

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  4. Mar 8, 2024 · As seen in the Frances Cabrini movie, she was an Italian nun serving under Pope Leo XIII who immigrated to New York and became a U.S. citizen in 1909. On July 7, 1946, Cabrini was canonized, becoming the first American saint of the Catholic Church, 29 years after her death.

  5. Jul 6, 2016 · History. faith. How Mother Cabrini Became the First American Saint. 3 minute read. A turn-of-the-century portrait of American nun and founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart...

  6. Who is Frances Cabrini? The youngest of thirteen children, Frances Cabrini was born on July 15, 1850 in a small village called S’ant Angelo Lodigiano near the city of Milan, Italy. She grew up enthralled by the stories of missionaries and made up her mind to join a religious order.

  7. Yet her life began humbly. She was born Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy. She was baptized immediately, on the day she was born; most of her siblings would die before they reached their teenage years. She was confirmed several weeks later and made her first Holy Communion when she was nine.

  8. July 15, 1850: Francesca Cabrini is born in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Italy (about 20 miles from Milan). She is the 13th child of her family. Just before her birth, a flock of white doves fly over her family’s home. 1880: Mother Cabrini founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSSH), comprised of 7 nuns in Lodi, Italy.

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