Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart
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Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart (1747–1770) was born Anna Maria Redi to a large noble family in Arezzo, Italy. She was the daughter of Count Ignatius Redi and Camilla Billeti http://saints.sqpn.com/saintt50.htm. After attending the boarding school of the Benedictine nuns of St. Apollonia's in Florence, she entered the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites
in Florence, taking the name Teresa Margaret of the Heart of Jesus.
Teresa Margaret was a very private and spiritual person. She was given a special contemplative experience concerning the words of I John 4:8, "God is love."http://carmelnet.org/galleries/Saints/Saints_5/Teresa_M/teresa_m.htm. She seemed to have a premonition of her death http://www.stteresamargaret.org/biography.htm, which was at the young age of 23.
After death the fast decomposition of her body made the nuns fear it would decay before proper funeral rites were conducted. The next day decomposition reversed and three days after her death her body was lifelike. The nuns, the Provincial, several priests and doctors all saw and testified to the fact that the body was as lifelike as if she were sleeping, and there was not the least visible evidence of corruption or decay. Her incorrupt body lies in the monastery in Florence. http://www.stteresamargaret.org/biography.htmhttp://www.ocd.or.at/ics/edith/stein_14.html.
She is one of the five Discalced Carmelite Nuns to become a Saint together with Saints Teresa of Avila
, of Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, of Teresa of the Andes, and Thérèse de Lisieux
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Discalced Carmelites
The Discalced Carmelites, or Barefoot Carmelites, is a Catholic mendicant order with roots in the eremitic tradition of the Desert Fathers and Mothers...
in Florence, taking the name Teresa Margaret of the Heart of Jesus.
Teresa Margaret was a very private and spiritual person. She was given a special contemplative experience concerning the words of I John 4:8, "God is love."http://carmelnet.org/galleries/Saints/Saints_5/Teresa_M/teresa_m.htm. She seemed to have a premonition of her death http://www.stteresamargaret.org/biography.htm, which was at the young age of 23.
After death the fast decomposition of her body made the nuns fear it would decay before proper funeral rites were conducted. The next day decomposition reversed and three days after her death her body was lifelike. The nuns, the Provincial, several priests and doctors all saw and testified to the fact that the body was as lifelike as if she were sleeping, and there was not the least visible evidence of corruption or decay. Her incorrupt body lies in the monastery in Florence. http://www.stteresamargaret.org/biography.htmhttp://www.ocd.or.at/ics/edith/stein_14.html.
She is one of the five Discalced Carmelite Nuns to become a Saint together with Saints Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Ávila
Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer...
, of Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, of Teresa of the Andes, and Thérèse de Lisieux
Thérèse de Lisieux
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux , or Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, born Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin, was a French Carmelite nun...
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External links
- Teresa Margaret Redi at Patron Saints Index http://saints.sqpn.com/saintt50.htm, at Catholic.org http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2176, at Carmelnet http://carmelnet.org/galleries/Saints/Saints_5/Teresa_M/teresa_m.htm
See also
- Carmelite Rule of St. AlbertCarmelite Rule of St. AlbertThe eremitic Rule of St. Albert is the shortest of the rules of consecrated life in existence of the Roman Catholic spiritual tradition. St. Albert Avogadro, a priest of the Canons Regular and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, wrote the Rule in the early 13th century. The Rule is directed to Brother...
- Book of the First MonksBook of the First MonksThe Book of the First Monks is a medieval Christian work in the contemplative and eremetic tradition of the Carmelites. It is one of the most important documents of the Order, because it shaped many of the Saints from the Carmelite Order in the basic spirituality of the first Hermits...
- Constitutions of the Carmelite OrderConstitutions of the Carmelite OrderThe stand as an expression of the ideals and spirit of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.Foundational sources for the Constitutions include the desert hermit vocation as exemplified in the life of the Prophet Elijah. For the Carmelite the contemplative vocation is exemplified par excellence...