Mother Mary Amadeus of the Heart of Jesus | |
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| Born | July 2, 1846 Akron, Ohio |
| Died | November 10, 1919 (aged 73) Seattle, Washington |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Mother Mary Amadeus of the Heart of Jesus (1846–1919) was an American Roman Catholic nun, and founder of the Ursuline Missions of Montana and Alaska.
Youth and entry into religious life
editShe was born Sarah Theresa Dunne on Courthouse Hill, Akron, Ohio, July 2, 1846.[1] Her parents were Eleanor and John Dunne, and they were both born in Ireland.[2] One of her four siblings was the Arizona Territory Supreme Court Justice Edmund Francis Dunne. She made her first holy communion at the young age of eight.[1] At age 10 she entered the school of the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland.
References
edit- ^ a b Code, Rev. Joseph B. (1929). Great American Foundresses. New York: Macmillan. p. 437.
- ^ State of Washington, US, Death Records for Sarah Theresa Dunne, Record #2913, November 10, 1919.