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Elizabeth Ann Seton

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Religious Figure

The Resume

    (August 28, 1774-January 4, 1821)
    Born in New York, New York
    First American born saint, canonized in 1975
    Helped found Catholic schools in the United States
    Patron saint of Catholic schools

Why she might be annoying:

    Her first attempt at starting a school failed.
    Before her conversion to Catholicism, she was a bit of a WASP snob.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her husband's business went bankrupt before his death.
    She established the first tuition free private school in the United States.
    Her friends and family abandoned her when she joined the Catholic Church.
    She died of tuberculosis when she was only 46.
    Innumerable schools, hospitals, colleges, and universities including Seton Hall University are named after her.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 578 Votes: 48.44% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 101 Votes: 49.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 110 Votes: 44.55% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 83 Votes: 34.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 130 Votes: 45.38% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2174 Votes: 43.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 931 Votes: 36.09% Annoying