TERESA OF VILA (1515-82), also called St. Teresa of Jesus, was a
Spanish nun and one of the great mystics and religious women of the
Roman Catholic Church. She was the leader of the Carmelite Reform,
which restored and emphasized the austerity and contemplative
character of this religious order. Canonized in 1622, she was
elevated to Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI in 1970, the first
woman to be so honored.
E. ALLISON PEERS is the translator of many great works of Spanish
verse and mysticism.
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