Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher
1515, Gotarrendura (near Ávila), Spain — 1582, Alba de Tormes, Spain
Spain (Castile)
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Teresa of Ávila was a Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic and reformer, author of spiritual classics such as 'The Interior Castle' and 'The Way of Perfection'; she was canonized and later named a Doctor of the Church, one of the first women so honored. She is a Roman Catholic saint, not a Jew by religion, but her paternal grandfather, Juan Sánchez de Toledo, was a 'converso' — a Jew who converted to Christianity — giving her documented Jewish ancestry on her father's side.
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