Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian-American saint
Died when: 67 years 160 days (809 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Frances Xavier Cabrini MSC (Italian: Francesca Saverio Cabrini; July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917), also called Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American Catholic religious sister.
She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a religious institute that was a major support to her fellow Italian immigrants to the United States.
She was the first U.S. citizen to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church, on July 7, 1946.
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