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Saints & Angels. Facts. Feastday: October 15. Patron: of Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers. Birth: March 28, 1515. Death: October 4, 1582. Beatified: April 24th 1614, Rome by Pope Paul V. Canonized: March 12th 1622, Rome by Pope Gregory XV. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs. Shop St. Teresa of Avila.
Saint Teresa of Ávila, orig. Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, (born March 28, 1515, Ávila, Spain—died Oct. 4, 1582, Alba de Tormes; canonized 1622; feast day October 15), Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and saint. After entering a convent around the age of 20, she fell seriously ill.
Teresa wrote of herself without self-love or pride. Towards her persecutors she was respectful, representing them as honest servants of God. Teresa's other literary works came later, during the fifteen years when she was actively engaged in founding new convents of reformed Carmelite nuns.
Aug 15, 2019 · To St. Teresa it was given to speak to the world, in her diaphanous, colloquial language and her simple, unaffected style, of the work of the Holy Spirit in the enamoured soul, of the interior strife and the continual purgation through which such a soul must pass in its ascent of Mount Carmel and of the wonders which await it on the mountain's ...
A spiritual legacy. Teresa dreamed of establishing convents where young women could pursue deep lives of deep prayer and devotion. She once wrote, "Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I...
TERESA OF AVILA, ST. Carmelite reformer and mystic; b. Avila, Spain, March 28, 1515; d. Alba, Oct. 4, 1582. Her family origins have been traced to Toledo and Olmedo. Her father, Alonso de Cepeda, was a son of a Toledan merchant, Juan S á nchez de Toledo and In é s de Cepeda, originally from Tordesillas.
Mar 25, 2024 · St. Teresa of Avila died on Oct. 15, 1582. She was canonized on March 22, 1622, along with three of her greatest contemporaries: St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and St. Philip Neri. In ...
