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Drexel, Katharine Mary, Saint, 1858-1955

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Personal name headingDrexel, Katharine Mary, Saint, 1858-1955
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Variant(s)Drexel, Katharine, 1858-1955
Katharine, Mother, 1858-1955
Mary Katharine, Mother, 1858-1955
Mary Katharine, Sister, 1858-1955
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1858-11-26
Death date1955-03-03
Place of birthPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Place of deathCornwells Heights (Pa.)
AffiliationSisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People
Profession or occupationNuns
Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Ariz. for Franciscans. Province of St. John the Baptist. Records, 1887-1976 (Drexel, Katharine, 1858-1955)
LC data base, 11-23-93 (hdg.: Drexel, Katharine, 1858-1955) man. auth. cd. (name in religion: Mother Mary Katharine; Katharine Drexel; b. Nov. 26, 1858; bapt. Katharine Mary Drexel; name in religion Sister Mary Katharine; Mother Katharine; d. 1955; Drexel (Mother Mary) Katharine; founded of Sisters of Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People)
DAB (Drexel, Katharine Mary)
BGMI, 2nd ed. (Drexel, Katharine Mary, 1858-1955)
Cath. encyc. (Drexel, Katharine, Mother, foundress of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People, b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 26, 1858; d. Cornwells Heights, Pa., March 3, 1955 ... In 1891, founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People)
Lynch, P. Sharing the bread in service, 1998: (foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament ... beatified in 1988) p. 424 (Mother Katharine died on March 3, 1955)
Stanley, A. "Pope Canonizes 120 Killed in China and One American," New York Times, October 2, 2000: (The 120 canonizations and ... Mother Katharine Drexel)