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Saint Teresa of Avila

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Noun1.Saint Teresa of Avila - Spanish mystic and religious reformer; author of religious classics and a Christian saint (1515-1582)


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He also looks at the life of Saint Teresa of Avila, discussing her anxiety and the therapeutic value of her religious visions.
Saint Teresa of Avila, the Spanish Carmelite, described one of her experiences in terms of a God "who is always wielding fire and sword," while Saint Charles of Sezze, a 17th century Franciscan lay brother, described his feelings as having been "suffocated by anxiety.
Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591), a Catholic mystic, was a major figure in the Catholic Reformation A Spanish mystic and Carmelite friar, he worked closely with Saint Teresa of Avila, another well-known mystic in the reformation of the Carmelite order.
 
 
 
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