Born August 29, 1769
Born in Grenoble, France, Rose Philippine Duchesne was drawn to a life of religious service. She led five Religious of the Sacred Heart Nuns to the St. Louis area in 1818, settling in the then frontier town of St. Charles, where Duchesne opened the first free school west of the Mississippi. A woman of boundless energy, she also opened convents, schools and orphanages in Florissant and St. Louis. At the age of 72, she travelled 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.| HM Number | HM2CEC |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 at 8:04pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 734839 N 4282000 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.65546667, -90.30123333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 39.328', W 90° 18.074' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 39' 19.68" N, 90° 18' 4.4400000000001" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 314, 636 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 6232 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis MO 63130, US |
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