ST. TERESA OF AVILA

OCTOBER 15 is the feast day of ST. TERESA OF AVILA (+1582). Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was born in Avila in 1515. She was the daughter of Alonzo Sanchez de Cepeda and his second wife, Beatriz de Ahumada y Cuevas. The gifted child was brought up in comfort and...