Teresa of Ávila, OCD (Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite...

as Ávila de los Caballeros, Ávila del Rey and Ávila de los Leales ("Ávila of the knights", "Ávila of the king", "Ávila of the loyal ones"), each of these...

the name of Therasia of Nola, an aristocrat of the 4th century. Its popularity outside of Iberia increased because of saint Teresa of Ávila, and more...

masterpieces of the High Roman Baroque. The sculpture over the altar shows Saint Teresa of Ávila, a Spanish Carmelite nun (1515–1582), swooning in a state of religious...

de Santa Teresa (Yolks of Saint Teresa) or Yemas de Ávila (Yolks of Ávila) is a pastry that is identified with the Spanish province of Ávila. They can...

prayer until Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) introduced it, practicing it for two hours daily. According to Jordan Aumann, Teresa of Ávila distinguishes...

of Freiburg in 1916, she obtained an assistantship there to Edmund Husserl. From reading the life of the reformer of the Carmelites, Teresa of Ávila,...

adoration of God for his action in sending Jesus for human salvation. In her book The Interior Castle (Mansions 6, Chapter 7) Saint Teresa of Avila defined...

experiences of spiritual consolation and desolation; Teresa of Ávila, who used the metaphors of watering a garden and walking through the rooms of a castle...

being Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena and Hildegard of Bingen. Devotion to Therese has developed around the world. According to some biographies of Édith...