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THÉRÈSE MARTIN was born in Alençon, France on January 2, 1873. Two days later, she was baptized Marie Frances Thérèse at Notre Dame Church. Her parents were Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin. After the death of her mother on August 28, 1877, Thérèse and her family moved to Lisieux. After an intense preparation by the Benedictine Nuns of Lisieux culminating in a vivid experience of intimate union with Christ, she received First Holy Communion on May 8, 1884. Some weeks later, on June 14th of the same year, she received the Sacrament of Confirmation.
She wished to embrace the contemplative life, as her sisters Pauline and Marie had done in the Carmel of Lisieux. However, she was prevented from doing this because she was too young. During an audience granted by Pope Leo XIII, she asked the Holy Father with childlike audacity to be able to enter the Carmel of Lisieux at the age of fifteen.
On April 9, 1888, she entered the Carmel of Lisieux. She received the habit on January 10th of the following year, and made her religious profession on September 8, 1890 on the Feast of the Birth of t
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Teresa of Ávila
Roman Catholic saint (1515–1582)
For other people with a similar name, see List of saints named Teresa.
Saint Teresa of Ávila OCD | |
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Saint Teresa of Ávila by Eduardo Balaca | |
| Born | Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada 28 March 1515 Ávila or Gotarrendura, Crown of Castile |
| Died | 4 October 1582(1582-10-04) (aged 67)[a] Alba de Tormes, Crown of Castile |
| Venerated in | |
| Beatified | 24 April 1614, Rome by Pope Paul V |
| Canonized | 12 March 1622, Rome by Pope Gregory XV |
| Major shrine | Convent of the Annunciation, Alba de Tormes, Spain |
| Feast | 15 October |
| Attributes | Carmelite religious habit, biretta, quill, dove (as an attribute of the Holy Spirit), heart with a christogram |
| Patronage | Spain, sick people, people in religious orders, chess, people ridiculed for their piety, lacemakers; Požega, Croatia; Talisay, Cebu, Malalag, Davao del Sur, Carles, Iloilo, Philippines |
| Controversy | Her reforms met with determined opposition and interest from the Spanish Inquisition, but no charges were laid against her. Her order s
St. Theresa the SaintSaint Theresa of the Infant Jesus, one of the most instantly popular saints of the twentieth century, was canonized less than thirty years after her death at the age of twenty-four. Marie Francoise Martin was born in Alecon, France on January 2, 1873. She was the youngest of nine children of Louis Martin, a watchmaker and Zelie Guerin. Her mother died when she was five, and the family moved to Lisieux where she was raised by her older sister and aunt. At the age of 15 in 1888, Marie Francoise was accepted by the Carmel in Lisieux, taking the name of Theresa of the Child Jesus. The young nun's autobiography, L'histoire d'une âme (Story of a Soul), written at the command of her prioress, was much admired for its deep spiritual wisdom and beauty. The book presented people with a compelling example of spiritual maturity and piety achieved by an ordinary young girl. An anecdote, that she had promised to send roses as a sign of her intercession led to the affectionate nickname, the "Little Flower". St. Theresa suffered tuberculosis, and in June 1897 she was re Copyright ©giglard.pages.dev 2025 |