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|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1844|8|29|1762|6|1}}
|death_place=[[Waterford]], Ireland
|feast_day=5 May<ref>[http://www.saintsresource.com/edmund-rice "Edmund Rice", ''Saints Resource'', RCL Benziger]</ref>
|beatified_date= 6 October 1996
|beatified_place=[[Vatican City]]
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[[File:Carrickbeg Saint Molleran's Church Memorial Plaque Mary Rice 2015 09 16.jpg|thumb|Plaque in memory of his daughter Mary at the cemetery of St. Molleran's Church, [[Carrickbeg]]]]
In about 1785 he married a young woman (perhaps Mary Elliott, the daughter of a Waterford [[Tanning (leather)|tanner]]).<ref>
==Vocation and beginnings==
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In 1808, seven of the staff including Edmund Rice took religious vows under the authority of Bishop Power of Waterford. Following the example of [[Nano Nagle]]'s Presentation Sisters, they were called [[Presentation Brothers]].<ref name=erihc/> This was the first congregation of men to be founded in Ireland and one of the few ever founded by a layman. Gradually, a transformation took place amongst the "quay kids" of Waterford, largely attributed to Edmund and his brothers' work, who educated, clothed and fed the boys. Other bishops in Ireland supplied Edmund Rice with men, and these he prepared for the religious life and a life of teaching. In this way, the Presentation Brothers spread throughout Ireland.
[[File:Edmund rice.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Edmund Rice]]
However, the communities were under the bishop's control in each diocese rather than Edmund Rice, which created problems when Brothers were needed to be transferred from one school to another. Rice sought approval from [[Pope Pius VII]] for the community to be made into a pontifical congregation with a Superior General. He obtained this in 1820. The Pope's brief specified that the members were to be bound by vows of obedience, chastity, poverty and perseverance, and to give themselves to the free instruction, religious and literary, of male children, especially the poor. The heads of houses were to elect a [[Superior
In the 1820s further difficulties emerged owing to the expansion of the society and its becoming two distinct congregations. From this time on they were called [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] and the Presentation Brothers. The motto of the Christian Brothers was: "The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord forever" (Job 1: 21).
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From this time on, Edmund Rice spent an increasing proportion of his time at Mount Sion and the adjoining school, showing a continued interest in the pupils and their teachers. He would also take a short walk each day on the slope of Mount Sion, but his increasingly painful [[arthritis]] led the community superior, Joseph Murphy, to purchase a wheelchair for his benefit.<ref>{{cite book | last = Normoyle| first = M.C.| title = A Tree is Planted: The Life and Times of Edmund Rice | publisher = Congregation of Christian Brothers| year = 1976| pages = 408}}</ref> At Christmas time, 1841, Rice's health took a turn for the worse, and even though expectations of his imminent death did not turn out to be justified, he was increasingly confined to his room.<ref>{{cite book | last = Keogh| first = Dáire| title = Edmund Rice, 1762–1844 | publisher = Four Courts Press| year = 1996| location = Blackrock, Ireland| pages = 92–93 }}</ref>
After living in a near-[[coma]]tose state for more than two years (in the constant care of a nurse since May 1842), Rice died at 11 a.m. on 29 August 1844 at Mount Sion, [[Waterford]], where his remains lie in a casket to this day. Large crowds filled the streets around his house in Dublin to honour him.
==Beatification and legacy==
[[File: Edmund Rice statue, Callan.jpg|thumb|190px|Memorial erected in Callan on Green Street (also known as Edmund Ignatius Rice Street), unveiled and blessed in July 1951]]
The first attempt to introduce Rice's cause to [[saint]]hood was in 1911 by Mark Hill who travelled Waterford and other parts of Ireland collecting statements from people as to why they thought Rice should be made a saint, but very little progress was made.
In 1976, the Historical Commission of the [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Dublin Archdiocese]] recommended that Rice's cause be brought to Rome, and the Holy See agreed to look into it. Three brothers had the burden of investigating archives and collecting evidence as to why Rice should be declared a saint: Mark Hill, David Fitzpatrick and Columba Normoyle.
As a result of these investigations and the examination in Rome of the results, on 2 April 1993, [[Pope John Paul II]] approved the pursual of the Roman phase of the cause, declaring Edmund Rice to be [[venerable]].<ref name=iona/>
As a result of these investigations and the examination in Rome of the results, on 2 April 1993, [[Pope John Paul II]] approved the pursual of the Roman phase of the cause, declaring Edmund Rice to be [[venerable]]. Two years later, the same Pope approved a miracle attributed to Edmund Rice's [[intercession]]. The miracle occurred in 1976, when Kevin Ellison of [[Newry]], had been given only 48 hours to live due to complications from a [[gangrene|gangrenous]] [[colon (anatomy)|colon]], and an apparent lack of viable colon tissue (a conclusion reached by five doctors after hours in surgery). A family friend, Christian Brother Laserian O'Donnell, gave Ellison's parents a [[relic]] of Edmund Rice. Many friends prayed for a miracle through the intercession of Rice and a special [[Mass (Catholic Church)|Mass]] was offered for Ellison's recovery. Only the relic of Edmund Rice was placed at the bedside of the dying man. The latter survived the 48-hour period during which he was supposed to die, and more besides. Upon investigation, surgeons discovered a considerable length of the previously undetected colon. Ellison fully recovered after a few weeks.{{cn|date=December 2022}}▼
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These events paved the way for Rice's beatification on 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II.<ref>{{cite web|title=Becoming Blessed Edmund Rice |publisher=Iona College |url=http://www.iona.edu/about/CFC/blessed/becomingBlessed.cfm |access-date=8 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904193713/http://www.iona.edu/about/CFC/blessed/becomingBlessed.cfm |archive-date=4 September 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref> His official feast day is 5 May.{{cn|date=August 2023}}▼
▲These events paved the way for Rice's beatification on 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II.<ref name=iona>{{cite web|title=Becoming Blessed Edmund Rice |publisher=Iona College |url=http://www.iona.edu/about/CFC/blessed/becomingBlessed.cfm |access-date=8 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904193713/http://www.iona.edu/about/CFC/blessed/becomingBlessed.cfm |archive-date=4 September 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref> His
A segment of his kneecap (in a reliquary) is on display in the new sports hall at St. Joseph's College in Stoke-on-Trent, "part of the Edmund Rice family of schools, founded by the Christian Brothers and following the charism of Blessed Edmund Rice."<ref>{{cite web| title = St. Joseph's College| publisher = St. Joseph's College| url = http://www.stjosephstrentvale.com| access-date=3 April 2013}}</ref>
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