Saint Teresa

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The name Saint Teresa may refer to:

  • Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582), founder of the Reformed Carmelites, and Doctor of the Church
  • Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, O.C.D. (1873–1897), Carmelite nun, and Doctor of the Church
  • Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, born Edith Stein (1891–1942)
  • The Ecstasy of St Theresa, a sculpture by Bernini, of Saint Teresa of Ávila in ecstasy

The name may also refer to these women who have been beatified, but not yet canonized:

  • Blessed Teresa of Portugal (1181-1250), Benedictine nun, beatified in 1705
  • Blessed Mother Teresa (1910-1997), founder of the Missionaries of Charity, beatified in 2003

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