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Photo: Tekakwitha
"The Lily of the Mohawks" — whose saintly character has made her a prominent figure in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in America. From the statue unveiled at the Auriesville Shrine in 1923. She was baptized at the Castle of Caughnawaga, about one mile west of Fonda.
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvgw/images/tekakwitha_statue.html updated June 10, 2018
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