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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897) (aka. St Therese of the Child Jesus/ Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux) is Doctor of the Catholic church, which means that her life and writings are considered particularly important for Catholics. She is also called the Little Flower of Jesus. She lived in France as a nun, and died at 24 from tuberculosis. Mother Teresa chose her name in honor of her.

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  • Zélie Martin 1

    Zélie Martin, mother of Thérèse

  • Louis Martin 1

    ouis Martin, father of Thérèse

  • Maison natale de Sainte Thérèse, maison de Louis et Zélie Martin

    Rue Saint-Blaise's house at Alençon: The family home and Thérèse's birthplace

  • Porche basilique

    The basilica of Alençon, where Saint Thérèse was baptized

  • Teresa1876

    Thérèse (1876)

  • TdL-1881

    hérèse aged 8, 1881

  • Teresa13anni

    Thérèse in 1886, age 13

  • Thomas à Kempis - De Imitatione Christi

    15th-century manuscript of The Imitation of Christ, Royal Library of Belgium

  • Leo XIII.

    Leo XIII – In November 1887 when Thérèse met him, he was an old man of seventy-seven.

  • AdolpheRoulland

    Father Adolphe Roulland of the Society of Foreign Missions

  • Claude Mellan - Face of Christ - WGA14764

    A depiction of the Holy Face of Jesus as Veronica's veil, by Claude Mellan c. 1649

  • Thérèse Martin-Histoire d'une âme-A00

    Cover page of The Story of a Soul (l'Histoire d'une Âme) by Thérèse of Lisieux, édition 1940

  • Thérèse of Lisieux, statue at the Community Mausoleum of All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois

    Thérèse of Lisieux statue at the Community Mausoleum of All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois

  • St Therese saint day 17 may 1925

    The canonization of Saint Thérèse in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

  • Church of the Infant Jesus of Prague - 8151

    Statue of Saint Therese of Lisieux at the Church of Our Lady Victorious, Prague

  • Basilique Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux-2876

    With more than two million visitors a year, the Basilica of St. Thérèse in Lisieux is the second-largest pilgrimage site in France, after Lourdes.

  • Theresienschräin

    Tomb in the Carmel in Lisieux

  • Kostel Nejsvětější Trojice (Fulnek) – idt-003

    Statue of Saint Thérèse at the Most Holy Trinity Church, Fulnek, Czech Republic

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