Thérèse of Lisieux
| Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, O.C.D. Sacred Keeper of the Gardens The Little Flower |
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| Virgin, Nun, Ecstatic Doctor of the Church |
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| Born | Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin 2 January 1873 Alençon,Orne, France |
| Died | 30 September 1897 (aged 24) Lisieux, Calvados, France |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 29 April 1923 by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | 17 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI |
| Major shrine | Basilica of St. Thérèse in Lisieux, France |
| Feast | 1 October 3 October in General Roman Calendar 1927–69 (Melkite Catholic Church) |
| Attributes | Discalced Carmelite habit, crucifix, roses |
| Patronage |
Gardens of Vatican City Missionaries; France; Russia; HIV/AIDS sufferers; radio care-a-thons; florists and gardeners; loss of parents; tuberculosis; the Russicum; Alaska |
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), or Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, O.C.D., was a Roman Catholic French Discalced Carmelite nun widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known as "The Little Flower of Jesus" or simply "The Little Flower".
Thérèse has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the "simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life". Together with Saint Francis of Assisi, she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church.Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times".
Thérèse felt an early call to religious life, and overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, she became a nun and joined two of her elder sisters in the cloistered Carmelite community of Lisieux, Normandy. After nine years as a Carmelite religious, having fulfilled various offices such as sacristan and assistant to the novice mistress, and having spent her last eighteen months in Carmel in a night of faith, she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24.
Her feast day is 1 October (3 October in the extraordinary form). Thérèse is well known throughout the world, with the Basilica of Lisieux being the second-largest place of pilgrimage in France after Lourdes.
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