Émilie Gamelin

Blessed

Émilie Gamelin

SP
BornMarie-Émilie-Eugène Tavernier
(1800-02-19)19 February 1800
Montreal, Lower Canada
Died23 September 1851(1851-09-23) (aged 51)
Montreal, Province of Canada
Beatified7 October 2001, Rome, by Pope John Paul II
Feast23 September / 24 September (Canada)

Émilie Tavernier Gamelin SP (19 February 1800 – 23 September 1851) was a Canadian Catholic social worker and religious sister best known as the founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal. In 2001, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

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