Teresa, St (1515–1582)
Spanish mystic who founded an order of nuns in 1562. She was subject to fainting fits, during which she saw visions. She wrote The Way to Perfection (1583) and an autobiography, Life of the Mother Teresa of Jesus (1611). In 1622 she was canonized, and in 1970 was made the first female Doctor of the Church. She was born in Avila.
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