Teresa of Avila

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Teresa of Avila

AKA Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada

Born: 28-Mar-1515
Birthplace: Ávila, Old Castile, Spain
Died: 4-Oct-1582
Location of death: Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain

Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Religion

Nationality: Spain
Executive summary: Mystic, Carmelite nun

Father: Alonso Sánchez de Cepeda
Mother: Beatriz

Exhumed 1914
Canonization 12-Mar-1622
Jewish Ancestry

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