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- Available in Solid 14K Yellow or White Gold, or in Sterling Silver
- In Honor Of Kateri Tekakwitha Admission To Saint Hood, We Will Change ALL Medals To "Saint Kateri Tekakwitha" Opposed to Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha By Simply Requesting In The Special Instructions _______________________________________________________________________________________________ All Religious Medals are Customizable. We can change the spelling, your language, names etc, ex: change "Pray for Us" to "Pray For Me". Just let us know in "special instructions"Color Laser is a patent pending process, color is guaranteed to last foreverColor Medals can be worn in the pool, shower, etc. without affecting the image. We guarantee it.Saint Kateri Tekakwitha or Saint Catherine Tekakwitha (1656 April 17, 1680), the daughter of a Mohawk warrior and a Catholic Algonquin woman, was born in the Mohawk fortress of Ossernenon near present-day Auriesville, New York. When she was four, smallpox swept through Ossernenon, and Tekakwitha was left with unsightly scars and poor eyesight. The outbreak took the lives of her brother and both her parents. She was then adopted by her uncle, who was a chief of the Turtle-clan.[1] As the adopted daughter of the chief, she was courted by many of the warriors looking for her hand in marriage. However, during this time she began taking interest in Christianity, which was taught to her by her mother. In 1666, Alexandre de Prouville burned down Ossernenon. Kateri's clan then settled on the north side of the Mohawk River, near what is now Fonda, New York. While living here, at the age of 20, Tekakwitha was baptized on Easter Sunday, April 18, 1676 by Father Jacques de Lamberville, a Jesuit. At her baptism, she took the name "Kateri," a Mohawk pronunciation of the name "Catherine" as it was pronounced in French. Unable to understand her zeal, members of the tribe often chas
| SKU | 70117 |
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| Weight | 0.3000 |
| Metal | All Metals |
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