Peter Paul Rubens, "Saint Teresa of Ávila." Public domain.
Teresa of Ávila
1515–1582, Castile
Teresa de Jesús, Carmelite nun, mystic, reformer. Of converso Jewish ancestry on her father's side. Founded seventeen monasteries of Discalced Carmelite nuns and, with John of the Cross, the friars to match. Wrote the Vida, the Way of Perfection, the Foundations, and the Interior Castle. Investigated by the Inquisition. Declared Doctor of the Church four centuries after her death.
On their voice
Castilian Spanish of the Golden Age. Warm, witty, exact, capable of teasing herself when the prayer gets ridiculous. "Lord, no wonder you have so few friends, the way you treat them."
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Ask anything. In their own voice, from their own era, grounded in their own canon.
Free for seekers — no card, no trial.
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