Category:Saint Teresa of Avila

Born: March 28, 1515 in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile (today Spain) Died: October 4, 1582 (aged 67) in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain Honored in: Roman Catholic Church Lutheran Church Anglican Communion Beatified: April 24, 1614, Rome by Pope Paul V Canonized: March 12, 1622, Rome by Pope Gregory XV Major shrine: Convent of the Annunciation, Alba de Tormes, Spain Feast: October 15 Attributes: habit of the Discalced Carmelites, Book and Quill, arrow-pierced heart Patronage: bodily ills; headaches; chess; lacemakers; laceworkers; loss of parents; people in need of grace; people in religious orders; people ridiculed for their piety; Pozega, Croatia; sick people; sickness; Spain

(born in 1515, died in 1582, Memorial on October 15)
 * Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada was born on March 28, 1515, at Avila, Castile, Spain. She was the daughter of Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda and Doña Beatriz Davila y Ahumada. In November of 1535, when she was seventeen, she entered the Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation, which was also in Avila and was already inhabited by one hundred forty nuns. She eventually established reformed convents, which were greatly opposed by many of the other lax Carmelites. She died at Alba de Tormes on October 4, 1582, was beatified by Pope Paul V on April 24, 1614, and was canonized by Pope Gregory XV on March 12, 1622. She was declared a Doctor of the Church on September 27, 1970, by Pope Paul VI.