Marianne Cope

Saint Marianne Cope, OSF
Marianne Cope shortly before her departure for Hawaii (1883)
Virgin
Born	Barbara Koob (1838-01-23)January 23, 1838 Heppenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse
Died	August 9, 1918(1918-08-09) (aged 80) Kalaupapa, Hawaiʻi
Resting place	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Episcopal Church
Beatified	May 14, 2005, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
Canonized	October 21, 2012, Vatican City, by Pope Benedict XVI
Major shrine	Saint Marianne Cope Shrine & Museum 601 N. Townsend St. Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
Feast	January 23 (Catholic Church) April 15 (Episcopal Church (United States))
Patronage	Lepers, outcasts, those with HIV/AIDS, Hawaiʻi.

Marianne Cope, OSF (also known as Saint Marianne of Molokaʻi) (January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918), was a German-born American religious sister who was a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse, New York, and founding leader of its St. Joseph's Hospital in the city, among the first of 50 general hospitals in the country.^[1] Known also for her charitable works, in 1883 she relocated with six other sisters to Hawaiʻi to care for persons suffering leprosy on the island of Molokaʻi and aid in developing the medical infrastructure in Hawaiʻi. Despite direct contact with the patients over many years, Cope did not contract the disease.

In 2005, Marianne was beatified by decision of Pope Benedict XVI.^[2] She was canonized (declared a saint) by the same pope on October 21, 2012, along with Kateri Tekakwitha, a 17th-century Native American.^[3] Cope is the 11th Catholic active in what is now the United States to be canonized by the Catholic Church.^[3]