St. Emily de Rodat Comments
Born near Rodez, France, she became a nun at Maison St. Cyr when eighteen. In 1815 after much dissatisfaction, she decided that her vocation was in teaching poor children. With the approval of Abbe Marty, her spiritual adviser, and the aid of three young assistants, she began this work in her room at St. Cyr. This was the start of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Villefranche. It grew rapidly, establishing its own mother house and ... Continue Reading
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what were her three miracles???????
saint emily de rodat is my confirmation saint and i like how she was helping the others all her life
Hey! This website was actually really helpful!I had to do a research paper about any saint you wanted, and this site has like almost all the saints! which is great!! My middle name is "Emily" so I picked St.Emily, although there is another St.Emily, (I recall her name to be "St.Emily De Vialar")she is intresting as well, but I don't speak spanish so I really didn't want to look like a fool, trying to prenounce her name.
im looking for saint name for confimation. my other name is emilda can i use it
My little girl, Emily, was so happy I found out about Saint Emily. She had to pick a saint to talk about in her cathecism class. Thank you!
Thanks you helped me with my paper
and my name is emily
this was helpful.. i was searching for names to use as my confirmation name. it looks like this is it!
I found this information really interesting beacuse my name is Emily and my birthday is on St Emily's feastday which i found really cool.
I cant eblieve how much this site helped me out im noaming my son Emily after her !
when was she born and when did she die?
tanks i choose st. emily as my confirmation name
I like this website 'cause i need info for school. My real name is Emily and it is intresting to learn more about my patron saint. My great grandmas name was Emily so i was named after her. I just love my name!
i chose her as my confirmation saint, i like her name!
This website didnt give me much info though!
I love her
Thats why i chose her as my confirmation saint
this was very interesting i liked it it needs more info!!!!
my christian name is Emily but when i ask my parents why they don't know,so i thought i should check if the history of the name has anything to do with my personality...well,i think it does..and i love it.
Well, I used it to chose my baby girl's name! This is my favorite and it her name will be Emily Joy.
i like this website :)
Thanks for this article, I have chosen St. Emily de Rodat to be my confirmation saint
did everybody use this for their confirmation?
I did too. :)