No one named Emilia appears in the Bible. Emilia is the feminine form of Aemilius, the name of an old noble family of ancient Rome, and it is usually traced to the Latin aemulus, “rival.” It is not the same name as Amelia, which comes from a Germanic word. Is Emilia in the Bible? Emilia is absent from the original languages of the Bible and from its translations. The New Testament does name women whose names were made the same…

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