Elizabeth of the Trinity

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity OCD
Virgin
Born	18 July 1880 Avord, Farges-en-Septaine, (Cher), France
Died	9 November 1906(1906-11-09) (aged 26) Dijon, France
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	25 November 1984, Paris, France by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	16 October 2016, Saint Peter's Square by Pope Francis
Feast	8 November

Elizabeth of the Trinity, OCD (French: Élisabeth de la Trinité), born Élisabeth Catez (18 July 1880 – 9 November 1906), was a French Discalced Carmelite, a mystic, and a spiritual writer. She was known for the depth of her spiritual growth as a Carmelite as well as bleak periods in which her religious calling was perceived to be unsure according to those around her; she however was acknowledged for her persistence in pursuing the will of God and in devoting herself to the charism of the Carmelites.^[1]

Elizabeth was a gifted pianist and had strong feelings for the Carmelite charism. Of that experience as a professed religious she wrote in a letter: "I can't find words to express my happiness. Here there is no longer anything but God. He is All; He suffices and we live by Him alone" (Letter 91).^[1]

Pope John Paul II celebrated her beatification in Paris on 25 November 1984; Pope Francis approved her canonization on 3 March 2016. The date was decided at a gathering of cardinals on 20 June 2016 and she was canonized as a saint on 16 October 2016.