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Teresa was born to an upper class family. From her adolescence, Teresa was devoted to Christ. She was greatly influenced by the autobiography of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux. She entered the monastery of the Discalced Carmelite nuns at Los Andes on 7 May 1919, and was given the name Teresa of Jesus. She was a model for young people. She is the first Chilean and the first member of the Teresian Carmel in Latin America to be beatified.
Born
- 13 July 1900 at Santiago, Chile as Juanita Fernandez Solar
Died
- 12 April 1920 at the Carmelite convent at Los Andes, Chile of typhus
Venerated
- 22 March 1986 by Pope John Paul II (decree on heroic virtues)
Beatified
- 3 April 1987 at Santiago, Chile by Pope John Paul II
her brother, Luis, attended the beatification
Canonized
- 21 March 1993 by Pope John Paul II
Patronage
- against bodily ills
- against illness
- against sickness
- sick people
- young people in general
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-teresa-of-the-andes/
