Teresa of Jesus Jornet
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Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars O.C.D.S. |
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9 January 1843 Aytona, Lleida, Kingdom of Spain |
| Died | 26 August 1897 (aged 54) Liria, Valencia, Kingdom of Spain |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 April 1958, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII |
| Canonized | 27 January 1974, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 26 August |
| Attributes | Religious habit |
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Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars (9 January 1843 - 26 August 1897) - in religious Teresa of Jesus - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly. Ibars was the great-niece of Blessed Francisco Palau and a friend and confidante of the Venerable Saturnino López Novoa. Her dedication to the old and ill was noted and for the work of her sisters in Spain and later abroad.
Her beatification was celebrated under Pope Pius XII on 27 April 1958 in Saint Peter's Basilica while Pope Paul VI later canonized her as a saint in 1974.
Teresa Jornet Ibars was born on 9 January 1843 in a small town in Lleida to the farmers Francisco José Jornet and Antonieta Ibars. One sister was María and another was Josefa who became a Vincentian religious in Havana. Her brother Juan married and had three daughters who later joined her congregation. Her great-uncle was Blessed Francisco Palau - the brother of her maternal grandmother. She was baptized on 10 January 1843 and received her Confirmation in 1849.
In her childhood she demonstrated a strong concern for the plight of the poor in her area and she often took them to the home of her maternal aunt Rosa so that proper aid could be provided to them. She later moved elsewhere in Lleida to live with another aunt of hers and began teaching soon after in Barcelona in small Argensola at age nineteen when she felt called to the monastic religious life.
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