Dickinson, Frances (1755–1830)

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Dickinson, Frances (1755–1830)

American religious leader. Name variations: Sister Clare Joseph. Born 1755 in London, England; died 1830 in Port Tobacco, Maryland, 1830.

Took final vows at Carmelite convent (Belgium) and assumed name Clare Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1773); with Ann Teresa Mathews, co-founded Carmelite convent in Port Tobacco (MD), the 1st Roman Catholic convent in US (1790); upon Mathews' death, succeeded as prioress (1800), serving for 30 years until her own death (1830).

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