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Marianne Cope was a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis And is recognized as an extraordinary woman of the 1800's and early 1900's. Her call to act as a servant of god and the Franciscan spirit she embraced, provided a foundation of values that gave her the courage and compassion to accept difficult challenges with diplomacy and grace.

As a leader in her community, Mother Marianne was instrumental in opening two of the first Catholic Hospitals in Central New York: St. Elizabeth in Utica and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse. Recognizing the need for basic health care in a city of immigrants, she and a small group of women defied convention by purchasing a saloon in Syracuse, New York and transforming it into a hospital to serve the needs of a diverse community. Here they welcomed everyone and provided the same quality of care regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or economic means. They pioneered rules of patient’s rights and cleanliness practices not seen before in the United States. And this was just the beginning. Throughout upstate Ne

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Bl. MARIANNE COPE (1838-1918)

Virgin, Professed Sister of St Francis,
missionary to leprosy patients

Barbara Koob (now officially "Cope") was born on 23 January 1838 in SE Hessen, West Germany. She was one of 10 children born to Peter Koob, a farmer, and Barbara Witzenbacher Koob. The year after Barbara's birth, the family moved to the United States.

The Koob family found a home in Utica, in the State of New York, where they became members of St Joseph's Parish and where the children attended the parish school.

Sisters of St Francis

Although Barbara felt called to Religious life at an early age, her vocation was delayed for nine years because of family obligations. As the oldest child at home, she went to work in a factory after completing eighth grade in order to support her family when her father became ill.

Finally, in the summer of 1862 at age 24, Barbara entered the Sisters of St Francis in Syracuse, N.Y. On 19 November 1862 she received the religious habit and the name "Sr Marianne", and the following year she made her r

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Marianne Cope

German-born American Franciscan Sister, saint and missionary to Hawaii (1838–1918)

Saint Marianne Cope O.S.F.
Marianne Cope shortly before her departure for Hawaii (1883)
Born	Barbara Koob (1838-01-23)January 23, 1838 Heppenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse
Died	August 9, 1918(1918-08-09) (aged 80) Kalaupapa, Territory of Hawaiʻi, United States
Resting place	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Venerated in	Catholic Church (United States), 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, United States
Feast	January 23 (Catholic Church) April 15 (Episcopal Church)
Patronage	Lepers, outcasts, those with HIV/AIDS, Hawaiʻi

Marianne Cope, O.S.F. (also known as Marianne of Molokaʻi; January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918) was a German-born American Religious Sister who was a