Émilie de Villeneuve, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French nun and saint
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Place of Birth: Toulouse, Occitania, France
About Émilie de Villeneuve
- Saint Émilie de Villeneuve (9 March 1811 – 2 October 1854) was a French Catholic nun and the founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Castres. After she died her cause of canonization was opened.
- She was beatified in 2007 after a miracle attributed to her intercession was ratified and she was beatified in 2009.
- She was approved for sainthood in 2014 and was canonized by Pope Francis on 17 May 2015.
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