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Born in Grenoble, France, Rose Philippine Duchesne was drawn to a life of religious service. In 1818, she led five Religious of the Sacred Heart nuns to the St. Louis area, settling in the frontier town of St. Charles, where she opened the first free school west of the Mississippi. She also opened convents, schools, and orphanages in Florissant and St. Louis. At age 72, she traveled to Kansas to help establish a school for the Potawmatomi tribe, and her piety inspired the name "woman who prays always." Canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1988, St. Philippine Duchesne lies enshrined in St Charles on the campus of the Academy of the Sacred Heart.
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