Also
known as Teresa de Avila ,Teresa of Jesus ,Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada,
The Roving Nun, Theresa of Avila Memorial 15 October 27
August (Transverberation of her Heart) Profile Born
to the Spanish nobility, the daughter of Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda and Doņa
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
28 March 1515 at Avila, Castile, Spain as Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada
Died 4 October 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 24 April 1614 by Pope Paul
V Canonized 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Patronage
against bodily ills, against headaches, against sickness, lace makers, lace workers,
loss of parents ,people in need of grace, people in religious orders, people ridiculed
for their piety ,sick people Representation nun wearing
the habit of a Discalced Carmelite, Carmelite nun with her heart pierced by an
arrow held by an angel ,Carmelite nun holding a pierced heart, book and crucifix,
Carmelite nun with book and quill, Carmelite nun receiving a message from a dove
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