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The first nun of New England birth. The daughter of the patriot Ethan Allen, she had no religious training until she went to the Notre Dame Convent in Montreal, where she became a convert and afterwards made her religious profession.

Born

• 1784 at Sunderland, Vermont

Died

• 1819 in Montreal, Canada of natural causes

MLA Citation

• “Sister Frances Allen”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 November 2019. Web. 7 March 2021. <>