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ST. ELISABETH 257 the coDstancy of St. Alexander, bishop, under torture, and put to death im- mediately after him. AA,SS. (See Anna (5).) St. Elisabeth (3), one of the daugh- ters of St. Sophia. Coptic Calendar. (See Faith, Hope, and Charity.) St. Elisabeth (4), Sept. 19. Recluse in a very damp cave near Messina, in Sicily, with SS. Nicander, Gregory, Peter, and Demetrius. Nicander was a young nobleman of Italy. He fled from the seductions of the world to a holy bishop, who ordained him priest. He associateid himself with three other good men, and a wise and pious woman named Elisa- beth. They found a cave more like a sepulchre than a dwelling for living men, in the mountains looking towards Europe. In answer to their prayers they all died at the same time. A shepherd in winter went for shelter to the cave with his beasts, and found their bodies shining and giving out a heavenly fragrance. He fetched the bishop, who discovered that the bodies restored life to the dead, etc. The father of Nicander came among others to see the wonderful discovery, and recognized his son. Suysken in AA.SS, St. Elisabeth (5), the Miracle- worker, April 24, Y., had, in a wonderful degree, the gift of ministering to all the woes and wants of her fellow-creatures. She cured diseases, cast out devils, and destroyed an enormous serpent. She fasted forty days, and for many years did not taste bread or oil ; went bare- footed, and wore a single garment summer and winter ; endured extreme cold, but was inflamed with the love of God. For three years she kept her mind's eye fixed on God, but never raised her bodily eye to heaven. During her whole life she never took a bath. She is honoured both in the Greek and Latin Churches. The dust from her tomb cured all sorts of diseases. Henschenius, in AA.SS,, from a MS. Greek Synaxary in the Claromontane College, Paris. Menology of Basil, B. Elisabeth (6), May 9. 4-863, O S.6. Abbess of Tabana, near Cordova. Wife of Jeremiah, M., founder of that monastery. Sister of Columba (11). Elisabeth is mentioned in the lives of many of the martyrs in the persecution under Abderrahman. AA.SS. Prseter, St. Elisabeth (7) Rose, Dec. 13. + 1130. Founder and first abbess of Ste. Marie du Rozoy, was bom in the diocese of Troyes. She was the daughter of Radulph de Crepy ; her mother was Addle, countess of Bar-sur-Aube. Her sister Addle married, first, Thibaut I., count of Champagne; second, Herbert IV., count of Yermandois. Elisabeth was a nun at Chelles, and secured protection and privileges for it through her relation, Bodolph of Yer- mandois, seneschal of France, under Louis YI. She went with two nuns to Chateau Landon, in Seine-et-Marne. They con- structed poor huts for themselves in an unwholesome marshy place at Rozoy, two leagues from Courtenay, in Lolret. The two nuns, discouraged, returned to Chelles. Elisabeth lived in a hollow oak, feeding on roots and fruits. The shepherds and peasants laughed at her, but soon became convinced of her good- ness ; and when they saw that other nuns came to her, they helped to build them a house. More nuns joined them, and the place became a considerable monas- tery, of which Elisabeth was abbess. She was distinguished for miracles, both in her life and after her death, which occurred in 1130. Some years later, the house heina destroyed in the wars with England, the nuns removed to Yille- chausson, in G&tinois. They styled their founder Ste. Rose de Yillechausson. Lechner, Mart, Ben, Guerin says that she appears as a saint in the Martyrology of France and in Oallia Christiana, B. Elisabeth (8) de Favemai. 12th century. First abbess of Notre Dame de Tart, the first Cistercian nunnery. The abbey of Tart, in Langres, was founded about the year 1120, through the liberality of Amoul de Cornu and Emeline his wife. Their daughter Elisabeth, widow of Humbert de Mailli, seigneur de Favemai, was a nun in the Benedictine monastery of Julli. St Stephen, abbot of Citeaux, arranged the rules, appointed Elisabeth first abbess of Tart, and brought her and several of her . 8