Millionairess Elizabeth Van Buren, descendant of American President Martin Van Buren, settled at the bottom of the hill of the village of Rennes-le-Château during the 1980s. At “Phoenissa” she welcomed guests to watch her self-made documentary in the viewing room that also contained replicas of Saunière’s Stations of the Cross on the walls.

Elizabeth Van Buren was buried in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, UK

Elizabeth Van Buren
-The Sign of the Dove (Neville Spearman, 1983)

Elizabeth Van Buren
-The Phoenix of Rennes-le-Château (1985)

Elizabeth Van Buren
-Refuge of The Apocalypse: Doorway Into Other Dimensions (Saffron Walden: C.W. Daniel, 1986)

Elizabeth Van Buren
-Rennes-le-Château: its church and its message (audio cassette tape, circa 1986)

Elizabeth Van Buren
-The Dragon of Rennes-le-Château (1996)