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John Nepomucene Neumann CSsR (German: Johann Nepomuk Neumann, Czech: Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic immigrant from Bohemia. He came to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined the Redemptorist order, and became the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia in 1852. In Philadelphia, Neumann founded the first Catholic diocesan school system in the US. Canonized in 1977, he is the only male US citizen to be named a saint. (Full article...)

Photo of Saint John Neumann


Attributes: Redemptorist habit with a pectoral cross
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See also: Syncletica of Alexandria, Egypt; Charles of Mount Argus, Ireland; Genoveva Torres Morales, Spain

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