Near Youngstown in Niagara County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin
1656 - 1680
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 23, 2025
1. Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Marker
Canonized by Pope Benedict, XVI on October 12, 2012
Kateri Tekakwitha was born in Ossernon (Auriesville, New York) in 1656, the daughter of a Christian Algonquin mother and a non-Christian Mohawk chief. Having lost her parents in a smallpox epidemic at the age of four, she was raised among the Mohawks in the home of an uncle. There she first encountered Christian missionaries. In 1675, she was instructed in the faith by the missionary Jacques de Lamberville, who baptized her on Easter Sunday, 5 April 1676, at which time she took the name Kateri (Katherine). Because of her conversion and baptism, her exemplary life, and her desire to remain a virgin, Kateri suffered harassment and persecution. She fled to a Christian village on the Saint Lawrence River. At Sault Saint Louis, on Christmas Day, 1677, she received her first Communion. Under the guidance of Father Pierre Cholonec and an older Iroquois woman, Anastasia Tegonhatsihongo, Kateri led a life of great virtue and charity, making a private vow of virginity on 25 March 1679. Kateri died at the age of 24 on 17 April 1680 in Caughnawaga, Canada. Devotion to Kateri, known as the Lily of the Mohawks, spread throughout the United States and Canada. On 22 June 1980 Kateri Tekakwitha was declared blessed by Pope John Paul II.
Erected 2007 by Rudy and Leona Gonzales and family.
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Location. 43° 11.968′ N, 79° 0.15′ W. Marker is near Youngstown, New York, in Niagara County. It can be reached from Swann Road 0.7 miles east of Creek Road (New York State Route 18), on the left when traveling east. Marker is located on the grounds of Our Lady of Fatima Shrine. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1023 Swann Road, Youngstown NY 14174, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Andrew Dae Gon Kim (a few steps from this marker); British Landing (approx. 2 miles away); Lewiston Academy (approx. 2.4 miles away); Suspension Bridge Tollhouse (approx. 2.4 miles away); Tuscarora Heroes Monument (approx. 2½ miles away); Rare M1890 3.6 Inch Mortar Cannon (approx. 2½ miles away); Dedicated to the Men and Women (approx. 2½ miles away); Tuscaroras Defend Lewiston Against 1813 British Attack (approx. 2½ miles away).
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 23, 2025
2. Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Marker
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 23, 2025
3. Basilica of The National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima
Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 131 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 25, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. 3. submitted on June 26, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
