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Alphonsa Hawthorne

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Also known as Rose Hawthorne

Mother Alphonsa

Profile Daughter of the New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Convert to Catholicism. Foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Rose of Lima. Her Cause for Canonization has opened.

Born May 20, 1851 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA as Rose Hawthorne

Died July 9, 1926 in Hawthorne, New York, USA of natural causes

Name Meaning noble ready; battle ready

Venerated; pending; if you have information relevant to the Cause of Mother Alphonsa, contact

Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne

600 Linda Avenue

Hawthorne, NY 10532, USA

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Alphonsa Hawthorne'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/alphonsa-hawthorne.html. 1910.