Mother Mary Amadeus of the Heart of Jesus
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BornJuly 2, 1846
Akron, Ohio
DiedNovember 10, 1919 (aged 73)
Seattle, Washington
ReligionRoman Catholic
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| Born | July 2, 1846 Akron, Ohio |
| Died | November 10, 1919 (aged 73) Seattle, Washington |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Mother Mary Amadeus of the Heart of Jesus (July 2 1846 - November 10 1919) was an American Roman Catholic nun, and founder of the Ursuline Missions of Montana and Alaska.
She was born Sarah Therese 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.