The eagle and the dove

Description:

The lives of these two saints with similar names could hardly be more contrasting. St. Teresa, reformer of the Carmelites, 'busy woman and great saint', endured the religious mania of sixteenth-century Spain and lived in a state of near perpetual ecstasy. Thérèse, on the other hand, lived the quiet life of a nun in late-nineteenth-century France, was meek, devout and perhaps rather dim. She became a saint of the common people, largely because of the ordinariness of her life (excepting the odd vision).

subjects: Christian saints,  Biography,  Carmelites,  Christian women saints,  Lesbian authors,  Teresa, Saint, 1515-1582,  Women saints,  Spiritual life,  Catholic Church,  Carmelite nuns,  Mystics,  Teresa, of avila, saint, 1515-1582,  Therese, de lisieux, saint, 1873-1897,  Saints, biography,  Spain, biography,  France, biography

People: Thérèse de Lisieux, Saint (1873-1897),  Teresa of Avila, Saint (1515-1582),  Saint Teresa of Avila,  Saint Therese of Lisieux,  Thérèse Saint, de Lisieux,  Terese of Avila, Saint (1515-1582)

Places: France,  Spain