Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first native-born American to be canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of the first Catholic girls' school and the Sisters of Charity in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth Ann Seton canonical | 2 |
| Elizabeth Seton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4299871 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Ann Seton Context triple: [Seton Hill University, namedAfter, Elizabeth Ann Seton]
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A.
Mary Carroll
Mary Carroll was a daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the prominent Maryland planter and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Sister Mary Patrick
Sister Mary Patrick is a bubbly, optimistic nun and supporting character in the comedy film "Sister Act."
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C.
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Frances Xavier Cabrini was an Italian-American Catholic nun and missionary who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized as a saint.
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D.
Mary Josephine Coughlin
Mary Josephine Coughlin, better known as Mae Capone, was the wife of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a relatively private figure despite her husband's infamy.
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E.
Saint Rose of Lima
Saint Rose of Lima was a 17th-century Peruvian laywoman of the Dominican Order, venerated as the first Catholic saint of the Americas and renowned for her extreme piety and care for the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth Ann Seton Target entity description: Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first native-born American to be canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of the first Catholic girls' school and the Sisters of Charity in the United States.
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A.
Mary Carroll
Mary Carroll was a daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the prominent Maryland planter and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Sister Mary Patrick
Sister Mary Patrick is a bubbly, optimistic nun and supporting character in the comedy film "Sister Act."
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C.
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Frances Xavier Cabrini was an Italian-American Catholic nun and missionary who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized as a saint.
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D.
Mary Josephine Coughlin
Mary Josephine Coughlin, better known as Mae Capone, was the wife of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a relatively private figure despite her husband's infamy.
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E.
Saint Rose of Lima
Saint Rose of Lima was a 17th-century Peruvian laywoman of the Dominican Order, venerated as the first Catholic saint of the Americas and renowned for her extreme piety and care for the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic saint
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educator ⓘ founder ⓘ human ⓘ |
| beatifiedBy | Pope John XXIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope Paul VI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBeatification | 1963-03-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1774-08-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfCanonization | 1975-09-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1821-01-04 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Seton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feastDay | January 4 ⓘ |
| founded |
Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph
NERFINISHED
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St. Joseph's Academy and Free School NERFINISHED ⓘ first Catholic girls' school in the United States ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShrine | National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFoundedOrganization | Emmitsburg, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| middleName | Ann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Catholic education in the United States ⓘ |
| notableAs | first native-born American canonized as a saint ⓘ |
| notableTitle | Mother Seton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | establishment of the parochial school system in the United States ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
founder of religious order
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religious sister ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| originalReligion |
Anglicanism
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Protestantism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York City
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Province of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfCanonization | Vatican City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Emmitsburg, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| residence |
Emmitsburg, Maryland
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | William Magee Seton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elizabeth Ann Seton Description of subject: Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first native-born American to be canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the founder of the first Catholic girls' school and the Sisters of Charity in the United States.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Elizabeth Seton