Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Saints & hagiography Saints

Emiliana, Saint

EMILIANA, SANTA

Feast day: 5 January

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Also known as: Saint Emiliana of Rome

EMILIANA, Saint. - Aunt of St. Gregory the Great, she lived in sixth-century Rome and consecrated her virginity to God, together with her sisters Tarsilla and Gordiana.

While Gordiana, despite the examples and exhortations of her sisters, soon began to slacken in fervor and to give herself over to worldly pursuits, E. remained faithful to her resolutions, even after the death of her sister Tarsilla. Indeed, one night the latter appeared to her and said: "Come; if I spent Christmas without you, I shall not spend Epiphany without you." And since E. showed herself worried about the salvation of her sister Gordiana, Tarsilla said: "Come all the same; Gordiana will return to the world." As had been foretold to her, E. died shortly before Epiphany. The year is not known. Her feast is celebrated on January 5.

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BIBL.: Gregorio Magno, Homiliorum in Evangelia libri duo. Hom. 38: Fl. 76, 1950-62; Acto SS. Ianuarii, I, Venice 1734, p. 287 ff. Ireneo Daniele

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By Ireneo Daniele

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 309.

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Daniele, Ireneo. “Emiliana, santa.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 309. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/emiliana-santa.

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Daniele, Ireneo. “Emiliana, santa.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 309. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/emiliana-santa.

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@incollection{ec5_emiliana_santa,
  author    = {Daniele, Ireneo},
  title     = {Emiliana, santa},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {309},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/emiliana-santa}
}

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