Tekakwitha

American  

[tek-uh-kwith-uh] / ˌtɛk əˈkwɪθ ə /

noun

1. Kateri or Catherine, 1656–80, North American Indian ascetic; convert to Roman Catholicism.

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Example Sentences

Those windows were later installed upstate, in the new St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, in LaGrangeville.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

Ms. Shenandoah sang for the Dalai Lama and South African leader Nelson Mandela, and in 2012 she appeared at the Vatican to honor the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American saint.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2021

That happened in the case of the first Native American saint, Kateri Tekakwitha, an Algonquin-Mohawk woman who lived during the 1600s and was beatified in 1980 by Pope John Paul II.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2016

In 1980, he beatified Kateri Tekakwitha, a native American lay woman who has since been made a saint.

From BBC • May 10, 2015

So far as Tekakwitha was concerned, no fear as yet disturbed the calm content of her spirit.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.