50 Years of 50 States: Day Three Contest Winner
By
Elizabeth Ann Seton, America's First Saint
Well, better late than never! I’ve been so ridiculously busy all day that I finally got a chance to announce the winner of last night’s trivia question. Last night’s question was:
Who was the first American-born citizen to be canonized by the Catholic church, and what state were they from?
The answer: Elizabeth Ann Seton, who was born in New York, but performed the acts that led to her sainthood in Emmitsburg, Maryland. She lived from 1774-1821, and was actually the granddaughter of an Episcopal priest, choosing to convert to Catholicism later in life. Congrats to Adam Kriesberg, who will receive a copy of How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein.
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