S9.com / Biographies /
Theresa of Avila (also Teresa de Avila)
Born: 1515 AD
Died: 1582 AD, at 67 years of age.
Nationality: Spanish
Categories: Clergymen, Mystics, Religious Icon, Religious Leaders, Saint, Spiritual Leader
Died: 1582 AD, at 67 years of age.
Nationality: Spanish
Categories: Clergymen, Mystics, Religious Icon, Religious Leaders, Saint, Spiritual Leader
Spanish ascetic, mystic, carmelite nun, and saint.
Co-founded reformed Carmelite order.
Patron saint of Spain.
| | Page last updated: 11:21am, 03 |
- "The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too."
- "For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."
