The letters of Elise

The story of Elise’s letters is, as already stated in the article on the writings, **extraordinary**. In August 2007 a friend of Élise, having heard of the new interest for Elise, shared **nine letters** that she had personally received when she was between 22 and 34 years old. In addition to these nine letters she showed a tenth, which was the letter from the parish priest, from pastor Marcel Girard, announcing the death of Elise. This is where we can see this sentence that says a lot about Elise’s reputation for holiness: > In some time (a few years maybe) I think that we will publish a brochure: “A sainte from among us!” In June 2016, the bishop’s secretary discovered an envelope in the bishopric that contained the ** 48 letters ** to his spiritual father, Father André Générat. In June 2017, a lady discovered ** 23 letters ** that Élise had written to her late sister. In September of the same year the daughter of Elise’s best friend found in her late mother's papers ** 36 other letters ** from Elise to her mother. The cause that was decided in 2015 therefore started out on a very thin basis. Today the cause is in possession of ** 116 handwritten letters **. A real miracle given the age of letters and their geographic distance from Mailly-le-Château. >In order to read the previous article click [here](https://elisebisschop.fr/en/collection).