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TERESA of Avila
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Also known as - Theresa of Avila; The Roving Nun; Teresa of
Jesus; Teresa de Avila
Holiday - October 15 and August 27 (Transverberation of
her Heart)
Profile - Spanish noble, the daughter of Don Alonso
Sanchez de Cepeda and Doña Beatriz. She grew up reading the
lives of the saints, and playing at "hermit" in the garden.
Crippled by disease in her youth, which led to her being well
educated at home, she was cured after prayer to Saint Joseph. Her
mother died when Teresa was 12, and she prayed to Our Lady to be her
replacement. Her father opposed her entry to religious life, so she
left home without telling anyone, and entered a Carmelite house at
17. Seeing her conviction to her call, her father and family consented.
Soon after taking her vows, Teresa
became gravely ill, and her condition was aggravated by the inadquate
medical help she received; she never fully recovered her health. She
began receiving visions, and was examined by Dominicans and Jesuits,
including Saint Francis Borgia, who pronounced the visions to be holy
and true.
She considered her original house too
lax in its rule, so she founded a reformed convent of Saint John of
Avila. Founded several houses, often against fierce opposition from
local authorities. Mystical writer. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church
on 27 September 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
Born - March 28, 1515 as Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y
Ahumada at Avila, Castile, Spain
Died - October 4, 1582 at Alba de Tormes in the arms of
her secretary and close friend Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew;
body incorrupt; relics preserved at Alba; her heart shows signs of
Transverberation (piercing of the heart), and is displayed, too
Beatified - April 24, 1614 by Pope Paul V
Canonized - March 12, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
Patronage - Bodily ills, headaches, lacemakers, laceworkers,
loss of parents, opposition of Church authorities, people in need of
grace, people in religious orders, people ridiculed for their piety,
sick people, sickness, Spain
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