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French Roman Catholic saint

Emily de Vialar or Émilie de Vialar (1797–1856) 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.

Life

Emily de Vialar was born on 12 September 1797^[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.

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

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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 1810 her mother died at the age of 35. At the age of fifteen, Emily returned to Gaillac to live with her f