ELIZABETH CALLED ROSA. - 12th-century mystic, perhaps the daughter of Rudolph, count of Crépy, and of Adele, countess of Bar-sur-Aube. Having entered the Benedictine monastery of Chelles (Paris), she later withdrew with two companions to a deserted place called Rosecum (Rozop), whence the name Rosa, where she lived as a penitent in a hut. After a short time her discouraged companions abandoned her, and she, left alone, hid in the hollow of an oak tree. At first mocked, in a short while the fame of her virtues spread and attracted many virgins to her following, among them her sister. Thus arose a monastery dedicated to St. Mary (c. 1166), of which E. was the head. The monastery was destroyed by the Calvinists in the 16th century, and the nuns were transferred to Villechasson. E. died in the odor of sanctity on 13 Dec. 1130.

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BIBL.: I. Mabillon, Annales C.S.B., V, 2nd ed., Lucca 1740, p. 437; Gallia Christiana, XII, Paris 1770, coll. 188-89; Cottineau, II, coll. 2559-60.

Francesco Russo

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Elizabeth called Rosa

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