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2012 Popular Baby Name* The Saint’s Story The Saint in Art

GIRLS

1.Amelia From Saint Amalberga of

Maubeuge, a Belgian who

was the mother of five saints;

she died in 773. There have

been several other saints with

this name since.

2. Lily From Saint Liliosa, a lay

woman in Moorish- controlled

9th century Cordoba, Spain. Lily

was cruelly martyred for appearing

in public with her face exposed

during the persecutions of Caliph

Abderraham II.

3.Emily St. Emily de Vialar, Foundress of

the Sisters of St. Joseph "of the

Apparition” in France. She is the

patron saint of single women and

neglected children. She died

in 1856.

SOURCE: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/

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