Rare 1st Class Relic St. Kateri Tekakwitha First Native American Saint with COA

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Rare 1st Class Relic St. Kateri Tekakwitha First Native American Saint with COA:
$775.02

An early, very rare, 1st Class Relic of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin, with document of authenticity. Wax seal and thread are intact and undamaged. St. Kateri is the first canonized Native American. A very nice relic. Beautiful jeweled filigree silver Theca measures 1 1/2 inches in diameter. This sale is for the theca and Rev. Wynnes document, the relic is included as a gift.

Kateri Tekakwitha (1656 - April 17, 1680), the daughter of a Mohawk warrior and a Christian Algonquin woman, was born in the Mohawk fortress of Ossernenon, southeast present-day Auriesville, New York, on the south side of the Mohawk River. At the age of 4 smallpox swept through Ossernenon, and Tekakwitha was left with unsightly scars and diminished eyesight. The outbreak claimed the lives of her brother and both her parents and Tekakwitha was adopted by her uncle, who was the chief of the Turtle-clan. In 1666, Marquis Alexandre De Prouville de Tracy burned down Ossernenon, and a new Fort, Caughnawaga, was built on the north side of the Mohawk River northwest of present-day Fonda, New York. While living here Tekakwitha was converted and baptized in 1676 by Father Jacques de Lamberville , a Jesuit. At her baptism, she took the name \"Kateri\", a Mohawk pronunciation of \"Catherine\". Because she was persecuted by her Indian kin, she relocated to Kahnawake, Canada where she lived a life dedicated to prayer, penitential practices, and care for the sick and elderly. In 1679, she took a vow of chastity. A year later, Kateri Tekakwitha died at the age of 24. She is also known as \"The Lily of the Mohawks.\"

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