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Elizabeth was the daughter of Captain Joseph Catez and Marie Catez. Her father died when she was seven, leaving her mother to raise her and her sister Marguerite. She was noted as a lively, popular girl, extremely stubborn, given to fits of rage, with great reverence for God, and an early attraction to a life of prayer and reflection. She was a gifted pianist. She visited the sick and taught catechism to children.
Much against her mother‘s wishes, she entered the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Dijon, France on 2 August 1901. Though noted for great spiritual growth, she was also plagued with periods of powerful darkness, and her spiritual director expressed doubts over Elizabeth’s vocation. She completed her novitiate, and took her final vows on 11 January 1903. She became a spiritual director for many, and left a legacy of letters and retreat guides. Her dying words: I am going to Light, to Love, to Life!
Born
- Sunday 18 July 1880 in a military camp in the diocese of Bourges, France as Elizabeth Catez
Died
- 9 November 1906 at Dijon, Côte-d’Or, France of Addison’s disease, a hormone disorder whose side effects are painful and exhausting
Venerated
- 12 July 1982 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Beatified
- 25 November 1984 by Pope John Paul II
- the beatification miracle involved the healing of a priest from “genitourinary tuberculosis with right renal tuberculosis, right nephrectomy, in a subject with progressing Pott’s disease” c.1964 through the intercession of Blessed Elizabeth
Canonized
- 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis
- canonization celebrated at Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
- the canonization miracle involved the July 2002 healing of a woman from “Sjøgren’s syndrome”, which includes xerostomia, which prevented the woman from eating solid foods, neurogenic bladder condition, and motor impairment; the healing was instant, and occurred when the woman was on pilgrimage to the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Dijon where Saint Elizabeth had lived for several years
Patronage
- against bodily ills
- against the death of parents
- against illness
- against sickness
- sick people
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-elizabeth-of-the-trinity/
