Feast Day · November 13
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Patron ofImmigrants, Hospital Administrators, Orphans
SituationsImmigration, Orphanhood, Poverty
ProfessionsEducators, Hospital Administrators, Missionaries
Life
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first naturalized American citizen to be canonized. Born in Italy in 1850, she founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart and was sent by Pope Leo XIII to the United States to minister to Italian immigrants. She established sixty-seven institutions — orphanages, schools, and hospitals — across the Americas and Europe.
Take Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini and many more with you on your iPhone. Install the fully free Latin-Prayer-iPhone-App.