Saint Emiliana of Rome

Memorial

• 24 December
• formerly 5 January

Profile

Daughter of the senator Gordian and Saint Silvia of Rome. Sister of Saint Trasilla. Paternal aunt of Pope Saint Gregory the Great. Niece of Pope Saint Felix III. Spent so much time kneeling in prayer that her knees and elbows were locked arthritically in the position. She and her sister lived as hermits in their father‘s house until Thrasilla‘s death. Visionary who received a visit from her recently deceased sister inviting her to depart this vale of tears; Emiliana died a few days later.

Born

• Roman citizen

Died

• relics at the Oratory of Saint Andrew on the Celian Hill, Rome

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• single laywomen

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints
• Short Lives of the Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Emiliana of Rome”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 May 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-emiliana-of-rome-24-december/>