Teresa avila

ST TERESA OF AVILA!

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  • Mar 28, 1515

    DATE AND BIRTHPLACE

    DATE AND BIRTHPLACE
    St Teresa of Avila was born in avila,spain on the 28th march 1515. She was one of 10 children.her family was wealthy and noble.St Teresa is the daughter of Don Alnoso Sanchez De Capeda and Dona Beatriz.
  • Period: Mar 28, 1515 to

    life

  • May 11, 1520

    MARTYRDOM

    MARTYRDOM
    At the age of 5,she managed to convince her brother to go to the land of the moors so they can be beheaded. her uncle spotted them before they reached the moors and brought them back to the city.
  • Apr 2, 1525

    DEATH OF HER MOTHER

    DEATH OF HER MOTHER
    St Teresa's mother passed away when she was very young. Teresa lost her mother at the age of 14 this helped her embrace a deeper devotion to the virgin mary,her spiritual mother.
    Her mother loved romance novels but her husband didnt let her read them so she hid them from him.
  • May 2, 1531

    WHERE SHE STUDIED

    WHERE SHE STUDIED
    St teresa of avila was sent to the agustinian nuns at avila for her education but due to her poor health she couldnt continue and was only in schoiol for a short period of time before she was sent back to her parents.AT 16 years of age she was sent to a covenant where she made the decision that she wanted to choose her religious life over marrige.
  • Jan 1, 1535

    RUNNING AWAY

    RUNNING AWAY
    St teresa runs away against her fathers will to a carmilite convenevt the incarnation of avila.
  • Feb 28, 1538

    GRADUATION

    GRADUATION
    on this date st teresa of avila,graduated from the convent and oficially became a carmilite nun.
  • Jan 1, 1560

    VISIONS

    VISIONS
    Discusses with friends her thought and visions for reforming the monastic life.
  • Jan 1, 1560

    PIERCING OF THE HEART

    PIERCING OF THE HEART
    during this time St teresa recieved the grace of transverberation(spiritual piercing of the heart).
  • Mar 4, 1560

    THE LIFE

    THE LIFE
    during this time st teresaof avila wrote her book tittled "life"
  • Aug 24, 1562

    SAN JOSEPH DE AVILA

    SAN JOSEPH DE AVILA
    Pope Pius IV granted Teresa permission to be the founder of San Joseph De Avila( St Joseph of Avila) convent.
  • Jan 1, 1564

    MEDITATIONS ON THE SONGS OF SONGS

    MEDITATIONS ON THE SONGS OF SONGS
    this is when she started writing her book the "medetaions on the song of songs"
  • Jan 1, 1568

    TURING AWAY FROM GOD

    TURING AWAY FROM GOD
    At the age of 41, St Teresa was finding it hard to live a life of prayer and was soon confronted by a priest. After a while she started praying again and eventually drew brack closer to God.
  • Jan 1, 1577

    THE INTERIOR CASTLE

    THE INTERIOR CASTLE
    between 1576 and 1579 st teresa wrote her book the interior castle.
  • Oct 4, 1582

    DATE AND CAUSE OF DEATH

    DATE AND CAUSE OF DEATH
    St Teresa of Avila died on the 4th of October 1582 from a natural cause.

  • WHEN SHE WAS CANONIZED.

    WHEN SHE WAS CANONIZED.
    St Teresa of Avila was canonized on the 12th of March by Pope Gregory XV.She is the patron saint of headache sufferes.