Saint teresa de avila biography

Biography

Teresa de Ahumada was born in Ávila on March 28, 1515. After the death of his wife and with two children, Alonso de Cepeda, her father, married Beatriz de Ahumada. Teresa was the third of the couple’s ten children. She grew up in a very religious environment, in which she developed a remarkable sensitivity for the transcendent from a very early age. In an illiterate society, her parents precociously instilled in her a devotion to reading.

She lost her mother at thirteen years of age. This blow and the crises typical of adolescence aggravated an affective problem that would pull her painfully toward her definitive conversion. Physically graced and with great social skills, she soon triumphed in “the vanity of the world.” After a fierce interior battle, she made the decision to be a religious while in Our Lady of Grace boarding school. She was of the mind that it was a better state and a surer way to salvation. Besides this, she disliked the co

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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
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 dem Tormes, Crown of Castile
Venerated in
Beatified	24 April 1614, Rome bygd Pope Paul V
Canonized	12 March 1622, Rome by Pope Gregory XV
Major shrine	Convent of the Annunciation, Alba dem Tormes, Spain
Feast	15 October
Attributes	Carmelite religious habit, biretta, quill, duva (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 opp • Saint Teresa of Avila Image: The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila | Gian Lorenzo Bernini | photo by Tybo | flickr Saint of the Day for October 15 (March 28, 1515 – October 4, 1582) Saint Teresa of Avila’s Story Teresa lived in an age of exploration as well as political, social, and religious upheaval. It was the 16th century, a time of turmoil and reform. She was born before the Protestant Reformation and died almost 20 years after the closing of the Council of Trent. The gift of God to Teresa in and through which she became holy and left her mark on the Church and the world is threefold: She was a woman; she was a contemplative; she was an active reformer. As a woman, Teresa stood on her own two feet, even in the man’s world of her time. She was “her own woman,” entering the Carmelites despite strong opposition from her father. She is a person wrapped not so much in silence as in mystery. Beautiful, talented, outgoing, adaptable, affectionate, courageous, ent