Emilie de Rodat

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Emilie de Rodat (September 6, 1787 – September 19 1852) was the founder of a French female order and a mystic. Pope Pius XII beatified her June 9, 1940 and canonized her April 23, 1950. Her feast day is September 19. Her foundation, created in the year 1815 focused on young women and girls with difficulties, prisoners of war and people in prison. It was not known during her life time that Emilie de Rodat was also a mystic. Her revelations are included in a diary, which was found after her death.

[edit] Literature

• V. Schauber: Pattloch-Namenstagskalender, Dokumentation H. M. Schindler, Augsburg 1994, page 284
• V. Schauber-H. M. Schindler: Heilige und Namenspatrone im Jahreslauf, München 2001, page 488

[edit] External links

• 19. september: Den hellige Emilie de Rodat (1787-1852) (Norwegian) (2006-05-31). Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
• Agnes Baillie, Cunninghame Dunbar: A Dictionary of Saintly Women (1904) at Google Book Search, page 270.