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Also Known As Josephine Van der Schrieck
Born November 14, 1813 • Bergen op Zoom • Netherlands
Died December 3, 1886 (aged 73) • Cincinnati • Ohio
Sister Julia McGroarty
American religious leader
Mother Seton
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
American saint
Mother Catherine Spalding
American Roman Catholic leader
St. Angela Merici
St. Angela Merici
Roman Catholic saint
Mannix, Daniel
Daniel Mannix
Australian archbishop
Cort van der Linden, oil painting by Antoon van Welie, 1926; in Peace Palace, The Hague
Pieter Cort van der Linden
Dutch statesman
John Hughes
John Hughes
American archbishop
Saint John Neumann.
St. John Neumann
American bishop
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Jan van Hembyze
Flemish Calvinist
Adrian VI
Adrian VI
pope
St. Katharine Drexel
St. Katharine Drexel
Roman Catholic nun
Mother Mary Aloysia Hardey
Roman Catholic nun
St. Mother Théodore Guérin
Roman Catholic nun
Gaston Eyskens
prime minister of Belgium
Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Jean de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Herman de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Paul de Limbourg
Flemish artist

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