Teresa of Ávila
Saint Teresa of Ávila, also know as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a religious reformer of the Carmelite Order and writer during the Renaissance. Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was born on the 28th of March, 1515, in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile to her father, Don Alfonso Sanchez de Capeda and her mother, Dona Beatriz Davila y Ahumada. She was the third child of nine and became very close with her brother, Roderigo.
Teresa grew up piously raised by her parents which impacted her to follow God and take up a life in prayer. The stories of Saints and Martyrs fascinated her which inspired the seven year-old and her brother, Roderigo to attempt to run away and go to Africa so that they could be beheaded by the faithless Moors and achieve martyrdom. Although they were able to almost leave the city they were in the end apprehended by their uncle and brought back home. …show more content…
Distraught and despaired she instinctively turned to the Virgin Mary as a “mother figure” in her life. Another thing that impacted her choice was that she feared that her father would marry her off to a suitor and was reluctant to marry at that time. She finally decided to become a nun and told her father of what she intended to do, however, he did not approve of her choice and Teresa then decided to runaway to the Carmelite convent of the
Saint Teresa of Ávila, also know as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a religious reformer of the Carmelite Order and writer during the Renaissance. Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was born on the 28th of March, 1515, in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile to her father, Don Alfonso Sanchez de Capeda and her mother, Dona Beatriz Davila y Ahumada. She was the third child of nine and became very close with her brother, Roderigo.
Teresa grew up piously raised by her parents which impacted her to follow God and take up a life in prayer. The stories of Saints and Martyrs fascinated her which inspired the seven year-old and her brother, Roderigo to attempt to run away and go to Africa so that they could be beheaded by the faithless Moors and achieve martyrdom. Although they were able to almost leave the city they were in the end apprehended by their uncle and brought back home. …show more content…
Distraught and despaired she instinctively turned to the Virgin Mary as a “mother figure” in her life. Another thing that impacted her choice was that she feared that her father would marry her off to a suitor and was reluctant to marry at that time. She finally decided to become a nun and told her father of what she intended to do, however, he did not approve of her choice and Teresa then decided to runaway to the Carmelite convent of the