The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of CarmelTeresa, of Avila, Saint
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The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel
Teresa, of Avila, Saint
Avila (Spain) -- Biography; Christian saints -- Spain -- Avila -- Biography; Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582
17. The first of these was Antonia de Henao, a penitent of
St. Peter of Alcantara, and who wished to enter a religious house
far away from Avila, her home. St. Peter kept her for
St. Teresa. She was called from this day forth Antonia of the
Holy Ghost. The second was Maria de la Paz, brought up by Doña
Guiomar de Ulloa. Her name was Maria of the Cross. The third
was Ursola de los Santos. She retained her family name as Ursola
of the Saints. It was Gaspar Daza who brought her to the Saint.
The fourth was Maria de Avila, sister of Julian the priest, and
she was called Mary of St. Joseph. It was at this house, too,
that the Saint herself exchanged her ordinary designation of Doña
Teresa de Ahumada for Teresa of Jesus (Reforma, i. c. xlvi. § 2).
18. See Foundations, ch. ii. § 1, and ch. xxxi, § 1.
19. Ch. xxxiii. §§ 1, 2.
20. Of the Incarnation.
21. F. Domingo Bañes, the great commentator on St. Thomas.
On the margin of the MS., Bañes has with his own hand written:
"This was at the end of August, 1562. I was present, and gave
this opinion. I am writing this in May" (the day of the month is
not legible) "1575, and the mother has now founded nine
monasteries en gran religion" (De la Fuente). At this time Bañes
did not know, and had never seen, the Saint; he undertook her
defence simply because he saw that her intentions were good, and
the means she made use of for founding the monastery lawful,
seeing that she had received the commandment to do so from the
Pope. Bañes testifies thus in the depositions made in Salamanca
in 1591 in the Saint's process. See vol. ii. p. 376 of Don
Vicente's edition.
22. See Ch. xxxix. § 25.
23. Gonzalo de Aranda (De la Fuente).
24. Don Francisco de Salcedo (ibid.).
25. Ch. xxiii. § 6; Gaspar Daza (ibid.).
26. He died Oct. 18, 1562.
27. Ch. xxvii. § 21.
28. "El Padre Presentado, Dominico. Presentado en algunas
Religiones es cierto titulo de grado que es respeto del Maestro
como Licenciado" (Cobarruvias, in voce Presente). The father was
Fra Pedro Ibañez. See ch. xxxviii. § 15.
29. From the monastery of the Incarnation. These were Ana of
St. John, Ana of All the Angels, Maria Isabel, and Isabel of
St. Paul. St. Teresa was a simple nun, living under obedience to
the prioress of St. Joseph, Ana of St. John, and intended so to
remain. But the nuns applied to the Bishop of Avila and to the
Provincial of the Order, who, listening to the complaints of the
sisters, compelled the Saint to be their prioress. See Reforma,
i. c. xlix. § 4.
30. Mid-Lent of 1563.
31. See Way of Perfection, ch. ii.
32. "Jejunium singulis diebus, exceptis Dominicis, observetis a
Festo Exaltationis Sanctæ Crucis usque ad diem Dominicæ
Resurrectionis, nisi infirmitas vel debilitas corporis, aut alia
justa causa, jejunium solvi suadeat; quia necessitas non habet
legem. Ab esu carnium abstineatis, nisi pro infirmitatis aut
debilitatis remedio sint sumantur." That is the tenth section of
the rule.
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