Émilie Gamelin


Émilie Gamelin

Widow, religious and foundress
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 social worker and Roman Catholic religious sister. She is best known as the founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal. In 2001 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II.