Saint Teresa of Avila, Doctor of Church

Found on a card in her breviary after her death in 1582:

"Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing frighten you.
All things are passing.
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Nothing is wanting to him who possesses God.
God alone suffices."


Saint Teresa of Avila (also called Saint Teresa of Jesus):

Feastday: October 15

Patron of headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers

Birth: March 28, 1515

Death: October 4, 1582

Beatified: April 24th 1614, Rome by Pope Paul V


Canonized: March 12th 1622, Rome by Pope Gregory XV

First woman Doctor of Church: September 27, 1970 by Paul VI

Co-founder of  Discalced Carmelites (Barefoot Carmelites) with Saint John of the Cross

Author of:

Interior Castle 

The Way of Perfection

The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila 

Meditations on the Song of Songs

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