> [[09-figures|↑ Back to TOC]] # Blessed Elia of St. Clement ## Biography Blessed Elia of St. Clement was born in Bari on January 17, 1901, to deeply Christian parents. At her baptism she was given the name Theodora, gift of God. On April 8, 1920, she entered the Carmel of St. Joseph in Bari. She received the habit on November 24 of the same year, the feast of St. John of the Cross. On December 8, 1924, she wrote in her own blood her act of total and definitive offering to the Lord with the vow to embrace the "most perfect." She died on Christmas day 1927. She was proclaimed Blessed in Bari Cathedral on March 18, 2006. *Source: OCD Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours, May 29* ## Notes - virgin m 46 - [[05-29-blessed-elia-fracasso|OCD Proper]]