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Columbus Statue In Little Italy Park To Be Replaced By One Of Mother Cabrini, Park District Says

Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, easily won a public vote to determine a replacement for the Columbus statue ...

St. Cabrini statue in place of ousted Columbus brings mixed reactions from neighbors, local Italian Americans

The choice to replace an ousted Columbus statue in Chicago’s Little Italy with a new statue of Italian-born St. Cabrini is a complicated outcome for some Little Italy residents and local ...

Mother Cabrini statue to replace Columbus at Arrigo Park, city officials say

The Italian American nun opened 67 orphanages, schools, hospitals and missionary orders before her 1917 death in Chicago.

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini monument to replace Christopher Columbus statue in Little Italy

A new monument honoring an Italian American nun will go up in the spot where a statue of Christopher Columbus used to stand ...