Mary Mackillop
Facts :
She is known in the Catholic Church as St Mary of the Cross
- Mary was the eldest of 8 children
- She is one of Saint Marys School saints
She was born in 15 January 1842 in Newtown, Melbourne, New South Wales
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She is the first Australian to be recognised by the Catholic Church as a saint.
As a nun, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart