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Thérèse de Lisieux
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Thé·rèse de Li·sieux  (t-rz d l-zy), Saint. Known as "the Little Flower." 1873-1897.
French nun whose autobiography, Story of a Soul (1898), recounts her search for spiritual innocence. She was canonized in 1925.

Thérèse de Lisieux (French) [terɛz də lizjø]
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(Biographies / Thérèse de Lisieux, Saint (1873-1897) M, French, RELIGION: nun, RELIGION: saint) Saint, known as the Little Flower of Jesus. 1873-97, French Carmelite nun, noted for her autobiography, The Story of a Soul (1897). Feast day: Oct. 3


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He died at the Abbey on Thursday, October 1, 2009, the Feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux.
She viewed herself as a sensual creature unable to pray for any length of time but, inspired by the'Little Way' of Saint Therese of Lisieux, which outlines how the smallest thing can be done in the name of God, wrote that she must be a saint in her work.
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