Émilie de Rodat


Émilie de Rodat was the founder of the French female order of Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche and a mystic.
Pope Pius XII beatified her on June 9, 1940, and canonized her on 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 lifetime that Emilie de Rodat was also a mystic. Her revelations are included in a diary, which was found after her death. At the time of her death, she had opened at least 38 charities