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O'Donnell Catherine (Historian) |
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Titolo |
Elizabeth Seton : American saint / / Catherine O'Donnell |
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Ithaca ; ; London : , : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (525 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christian saints - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Two families -- Betsy Bayley -- A home of one's own -- Courage flies -- Knot of oak -- The other side of the fence -- These dear people -- The battle joined -- This storm -- A convert in New York -- Duty or obedience -- A new being -- Some charitable persons -- Half in the sky -- Endeavor -- Trials of the passage -- Death, judgment, hell, heaven -- War and bustle -- Our meaning -- Swift rolling earth -- Written by herself -- I see my God -- Eternity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"A biography of Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821), a convert to Catholicism who founded the American Sisters of Charity and is the first native-born American citizen to become a Roman Catholic saint" ... |
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