1. By Evan

2. Front
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How
Saint
Teresa
helped
others
Work
Cited
Background
information
When
did Saint
Teresa
die
Religious
life
Patron
Saint of

3. •Saint Teresa Avila was born in Spain on march 28,1515.
•At one point of Saint Teresa's life she became very ill and paralyzed for 3 years.
• While she was ill she had a vision that changed her life.
•Also in 1567 Saint Teresa met St. John of the Cross.
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4. Why Saint Teresa Avila chose a
religious life
•When St. Teresa Avila was 41 she was convinced by a priest to start praying.
•When St. Teresa Avila started to pray again it gave her spiritual delight.
•St. Teresa Avila would read the letters St. Jerome and that’s what helped her become
very religious.
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5. • St. Teresa was very charming and lot of people liked her.
• St. Teresa was very persuasive and could persuade people to believe in God and even
covert to Christianity.
• St. Teresa was also a very humble person to others.
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6. When and how did Saint Teresa
Avila die and was she a martyr.
•Saint Teresa Avila was a martyr.
•St. Teresa became very ill and that’s what caused her5 death.
•Saint Teresa Avila died on October 4, 1582
•Saint Teresa was buried in Avila.
•Saint Teresa Avila was 67 years old when she died.
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7. When was St. Teresa Avila Canonized
and what is she the patron Saint of?
•Saint Teresa Avila was Canonized in 1662 by Phillip the 2nd.
•Saint Teresa Avila is the Patron Saint of headaches.
•In 1970 Saint Teresa Avila was considered a doctor for her righting
and teachings of prayer.
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8. Work Cited
Picture of Saint Teresa Avila
https://saintteresa.episcopalatlanta.org/Content/Teresa_of_Avila_Our_Patron_Saint.asp
http://www.lucinebiotech.com/treating-menstrually-related-migraines
http://shaijavallikatri.blogspot.com/2009/12/praying-hands.html
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Saint Teresa
Avila
website
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=208 Google
http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/avila.htm Sweet search