Saints celebrated on the 9th of June
BLESSED EMERGORDIS, COUNTESS
Blessed Emergordis was a British countess, and married to Earl Conan. She later entered a convent in France, and there spent eleven years assiduously sanctifying herself. Saint Bernard wrote her a letter once. (Buc.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 57)
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PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Emergordis may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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