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Mar 28, 1515
Birth and Birthplace
St. Teresa was born on the 28th of March 1515 in the city of Avila Spain.
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Jan 1, 1522
Teresa runs away
St. Teresa ran away from home to the land of the moors to die a martyrs death in order to see God. "I want to see God" Teresa told her parents. She was unsuccesful to reach the land. -
Jan 1, 1531
St. Teresa enters the Augustinian convent
Shortly after the death of Teresa's mother, She entered into the care of the Augustinian convent. -
Jan 1, 1532
St. Teresa falls ill
St. Teresa falls ill and has to leave the Augustinian convent to return home. -
Jan 1, 1535
Teresa runs away to fufill her religious life
Against Teresa's fathers will, Teresa ran way to the Carmelite convent. -
Jan 1, 1537
Teresa professes her vows as a carmelite nun
In 1537, Teresa professes her vows as a Carmelite Nun -
Jan 1, 1538
Falls ill and leaves the convent
St. Teresa falls seriously ill, she travels to the city of Becedas where she seeks to be healed. She has no luck and the sickness only worsens. -
Jan 1, 1539
St. Teresa mistaken death
St. Teresa returned home in a severe coma. She was asleep for 4 days. Plans for the burial of Teresa took place as thought she would never wake or was already dead. Teresa suddenly wakes and in much pain, despite all this pain she was paralyzed. Yet still she returned to the convent for 3 more years. -
Jan 1, 1542
Teresa walks !
During the year of 1542, Teresa feels completely healed and miricaley begins to walk. She praises St. Joseph for healing her -
Jan 1, 1543
Losing family
In 1543 Teresa's father passed away. Teresa's siblings one by one migrated to America leaving her alone in Spain. -
Mar 1, 1554
The sorely wounded Christ vision
After a tough period of time where Teresa had some spiritual difficulties. Teresa said “I wished to live”, she wrote, “but I saw clearly that I was not living, but rather wrestling with the shadow of death; there was no one to give me life, and I was not able to take it". During the Lenten season, Teresa had a vision of the suffering christ. This instantly repaired her faith and removed any doubt -
Jan 1, 1556
Teresa recieves the grace of spiritual betrothal
Teresa recieves the grace of spiritual betrothal and strengthens her relationship with God. -
Jan 1, 1560
The spiritual piercing of the heart and the book 'life'
Teresa recives the grace of the spiritual piercing of the heart. Also during this period, Teresa begins to write the story of her life. She named the book 'Life'.
- Teresa discusses the her plans to reform the Moniastic life. -
Jan 1, 1562
The Constitution of St. Joseph and the books
From 1562-1566 the consitution of St. Joseph of Avila convent is written and the books The way of perfection' and the book 'Meditation on the song of songs' is also written -
Aug 24, 1562
The first step to the reformation
The first step to the reformation: Teresa writes a letter asking permission to found the St.Joseph convent in Avila. Pope Pius IV grants permission to let the convent go ahead. -
Aug 15, 1567
Another convent is founded
After receiving permission numerous times, founds another convent in Medina del Campo Spain. -
Apr 1, 1568
The reformation continues with even more convents
Teresa founded many more convents in this period, These included:
-convent in Malagon (April)
-onvent in Valladolid (August 15)
- Reformed monastery for friars in Duruelo is founded
St. John of the Cross (November 28) -
May 14, 1569
More convents spreading and helping the reformation
Teresa didnt want to stop the reformation, the convents just kept spreading
founds convent in Toledo (May 14)
- Founds convent in Pastrana (June 28)
- Founds reformed monastery in Pastrana (July 13)
- Founds convent in Salamanca (November 1) -
Jan 1, 1572
The next step in her spiritual life
Teresa takes the next step in her faith and recieves the grace of spiritual marriage -
Jan 1, 1573
A new book
After a few books, Teresa decides to write another book which was called 'foundations' -
Jan 1, 1574
The foundations
Teresa begins to write the book 'foundations' -
Dec 1, 1575
Denounced to the inquisition
Teresa was denounced to the Inquisition by a woman that was expelled from a convent in Seville. -
Jan 1, 1577
The interior Castle
Teresa writes the amazing book 'the interior castle' -
Jan 1, 1580
Severe illness
Teresa falls to a severe illness influenza. This sickness was so severe it almost took her life -
Oct 4, 1582
The final chapter
After many years of frail and bad health, St. Teresa of Avila died in the arms of Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew of natural causes. -
The canonization
After 40 years since the death of St. Teresa, she was finally canonized by Gregory XV. -
The doctor of the church
On september 27th 1970, St. Teresa of avila was named the doctor of the church. St. Teresa is the patron saint of: Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers, and ill paitents/pain sufferers
