Saint emily de vialar biography books

French Roman Catholic saint

Emily de Vialar or Émilie de Vialar (–) was a Frenchnun who founded the missionary congregation of the Sisters of St.

Joseph of the Apparition. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

This nun led a life full of charity and self-forgetfulness, despite long and unjust trials, condemnations and persecutions.

This nun led a life full of charity and self-forgetfulness, despite long and unjust trials, condemnations and persecutions.

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Emilie de Vialar was born in to a rich and distinguished family in an ancient town in the south of France called Gaillac, not far from Toulouse.

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Life

Emily de Vialar was born on 12 September ^[1] to Jacques and Antoinette Portal de Vialar, in Gaillac. Her father was a doctor. Emily was born 3 years after the Reign of Terror, in the same year as Pope Pius VI was taken prisoner by French troops.

She was the oldest of 3 children and was baptized in secret.

The Life of Emilie De Vialar Foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition () by Anonymous, Paperback | Indigo Chapters.

At a young age, Emily was taught by her mother how to read.

At the age of thirteen she went to the Parisian college of the Abbaye-au-Bois Ladies, for young ladies of quality, accompanied by her mother, who became ill on the long journey.

Despite the best efforts of Emily's father, on 17 September her mother died at the age of At the age of fifteen, Emily returned to Gaillac to live with her father and two younger