She converted to Catholicism at age nineteen after her tribe was visited by Jesuit missionaries.

Female saint names in catholic church. Female Catholic Patron Saints There are many Female Catholic Saints who are patron saints of various causes including St. Meet Indias newest recognized saint Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes 1914-1992. The 16th-century Spanish mystic St Teresa of Ávila who became the first female Doctor of the Church in 1970.

11 Adalbert-----Adalbert of Prague-----Apr. Saint Térèse of Lisieux. The first woman born in Brazil to become a saintShe is known as St.

Abandoned - Saint Flora. Mary the Blessed Virgin. In the past Canon Law required that parents have a Christian name for the child at Baptism.

Margaret for Pregnant women St. Alcoholism - Saint Monica. A Saint can be someone l.

In the current code of Canon Law number. Rita for Loneliness St. Saint Kateri Tekakwitha The first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church Saint Kateri was born in 1656.

Lourdes is the largest pilgrimage site in France and the Basilica of Lisieux is second largest. They are heroic figures that lived virtues lives despite the difficult circumstances they might have dealt with during their lives. That does mean she was the first female saint only the first after the canonization process was instituted.