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About St. Teresa of Ávila
1515 – 1582 · Feast October 15 · Religious / Doctor of the Church / Carmelite / Mystic
Spanish Discalced Carmelite mystic and reformer (1515-1582), of Castilian Jewish-converso descent; entered Carmel at 20, but only after 1554 underwent the conversion that produced the great mystical works ("Life," "Way of Perfection," "Interior Castle," "Foundations"). With St. John of the Cross, reformed the Carmelite Order, founding 17 houses of the Discalced. First female Doctor of the Church (1970).
Patron of: Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic writers, Chess players, traditional, Contemplatives
