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    Teresa of Ávila, OCD (Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite...
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    as Ávila de los Caballeros, Ávila del Rey and Ávila de los Leales ("Ávila of the knights", "Ávila of the king", "Ávila of the loyal ones"), each of these...
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  • include: Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582), or Teresa of Jesus, Spaniard, founder of the Discalced Carmelites, and Doctor of the Church Teresa Margaret of the Sacred...
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  • the name of Therasia of Nola, an aristocrat of the 4th century. Its popularity outside of Iberia increased because of saint Teresa of Ávila, and more...
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    masterpieces of the High Roman Baroque. The sculpture over the altar shows Saint Teresa of Ávila, a Spanish Carmelite nun (1515–1582), swooning in a state of religious...
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    de Santa Teresa (Yolks of Saint Teresa) or Yemas de Ávila (Yolks of Ávila) is a pastry that is identified with the Spanish province of Ávila. They can...
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    prayer until Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) introduced it, practicing it for two hours daily. According to Jordan Aumann, Teresa of Ávila distinguishes...
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    of Freiburg in 1916, she obtained an assistantship there to Edmund Husserl. From reading the life of the reformer of the Carmelites, Teresa of Ávila,...
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    – Louis, Duke of Montpensier (b. 1513) September 28 – George Buchanan, Scottish humanist scholar (b. 1506) October 4 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite...
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    adoration of God for his action in sending Jesus for human salvation. In her book The Interior Castle (Mansions 6, Chapter 7) Saint Teresa of Avila defined...
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    Ana de Jesús (redirect from Ana of Jesus)
    Anne of Jesus (25 November 1545 – 4 March 1621), was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and writer. She was a close companion of Teresa of Ávila, foundress...
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    experiences of spiritual consolation and desolation; Teresa of Ávila, who used the metaphors of watering a garden and walking through the rooms of a castle...
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    of teaching prayer and giving spiritual direction. For a Carmelite, prayer is guided by the teachings and experience of Teresa of Ávila and John of the...
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    declared Therese Doctor of the Church, one of four women so named, the others being Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena and Hildegard of Bingen. Devotion to...
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    Carmelite Teresa of Ávila. Both his poetry and his studies on the development of the soul, particularly his Noche Obscura, are considered the summit of mystical...
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    the statue once belonged to Teresa of Ávila and was consequently donated to the Carmelite friars by Princess Polyxena of Lobkowicz in 1628. The image...
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    Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa (Spanish: Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa) is a church and convent located in Ávila, Spain. It was built by the Order of Discalced Carmelites...
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    (Santiaguistas) proposed the patronage of Spain under his name, in contrast to those who favored Teresa of Ávila. The Santiaguistas overcame and won this...
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    after Teresa of Ávila. In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed her a Patron Saint of Europe. Catherine of Siena is one of the outstanding figures of medieval...
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    Doctor of the Church. Since then four additions to the list have been women: Teresa of Ávila (also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus) and Catherine of Siena...
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    St. Teresa's Shrine Basilica, Mahe (French: Basilica Sanctuaire de Sainte Thérèse) is a Catholic shrine to Saint Teresa of Ávila in Mahe, Puducherry. It...
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    Catherine of Genoa, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross, Francis de Sales, and Philip Neri, who added to the spirituality of the Catholic...
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    Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, and Julian of Norwich. The Spanish mystics included Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Ignatius Loyola. The later...
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    the diocese of Toulon in 1992. A second was in Nantes in 2001. Reform in Spain began in earnest in the 1560s, with the work of Teresa of Ávila, who, together...
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  • Lawrence Pastry chefs - Honorius of Amiens, Philip Chess players - Teresa of Ávila Children - Nicholas Chimney sweeps - Erasmus of Formiae, Florian Cinema -...
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    Saint Teresa of Avila Church is a Roman Catholic church in Bodega, California. The white, wooden church with a steeple sits on a hilltop overlooking Bodega...
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    Teresa d'Avila" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. (Official website) Media related to Basilica of Saint Teresa of Ávila (Rome)...
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    He also wrote to Ignatius of Loyola, John of God and Teresa of Ávila.[citation needed] Saint John of Ávila's works were collected at Madrid in 1618, 1757...
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  • community of mainly female oblates and associates of either sex. Christianity portal Carmelite Thérèse de Lisieux Teresa of Ávila John of the Cross Episcopal...
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  • Antonio de la Torre. In 2015 Ávila, a teenager coping with her father's death and with school bullying opens a Teresa of Ávila's autobiography, with the plot...
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