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Born in New York City, she married the love of her life at 19 and welcomed five children. She endured much suffering in her life, incluing the death of her husband, William, of tuberculosis after dire financial trouble. Two years later, Seton converted to Catholicism and went on to found the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph \u2014 the first order of religious women in the U.S. She founded several schools, including the first free U.S. Catholic school. Today, she is considered the founder of the U.S. Catholic school system.<\/p>\n<p>Her feast day is Jan. 4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beforeitsnews.com\/religion\/2025\/07\/11-american-saints-to-remember-on-the-fourth-of-july-2579404.html\">Lea el art\u00edculo completo aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 4, Americans celebrate their country\u2019s independence \u2014 as well as the people who formed the United States into&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":218120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3920],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>11 American saints to remember on the Fourth of July - 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