The first American saint, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Ann_Seton" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elizabeth Ann Seton">Elizabeth Ann Seton</a>, is canonized by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a>.