Theodora Fracasso was born in Bari on 17th of January 1901, the third child of Giuseppe Fracasso and Pasqua Cianci and was baptized four days later by her uncle Fr Carlo Fracasso with the name of Theodora.
In 1914 Father Pietro Fiorillo, O.P., Theodora's spiritual director, introduced her into the Dominican Third Order; she entered as a novice on April 20, 1914 with the name of Agnes and made her profession on May 14, 1915, with a special dispensation, given her young age.
In 1917, the Jesuit priest Sergio Di Gioia, her new confessor, decided to direct her to the Carmel of St. Joseph in Bari, where she entered the community on April 8, 1920 and took the habit on November 24 of the same year, taking the name of Sister Elisha of St. Clement. She made her first simple vows on December 4, 1921, followed by her solemn profession on February 11, 1925.
Sister Elisha died at 12:00 on December 25, 1927 due to meningitis.
The beatification ceremony took place on March 18, 2006.
