15 October – Saint Teresa of Ávila

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Tempus tuum tempus amantum.
Thy time was the time of lovers.
Ezekiel 16.8
Virgo cogitat, quae Domini sunt ut sit Sancta corpore, et Spiritu
The virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit.
1 Corinthians 7.34
Sponsabo te mihi.
I will espouse thee.
Osea 2.19
Sponsus sanguinum tu mihi es
A bloody spouse art thou to me.
Exodus 4.25.
Aut pati aut mori.

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

Character Calendar

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

La vie des saints

La vie des saints

Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.

Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.

Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden.

Lives of the Saints for Children by Theodor Berthold.

Little Lives of the Great Saints by John O’Kane Murray.

Stories of the Saints for Children [First Series] by Mary Seymour.

Maidens of Hallowed Names by Charles Piccirillo.

Legends of the Blessed Sacrament Gathered from the History of the Church and the Lives of the Saints by Emily Mary Shapcote.

Memorials of the Blessed: A Series of Short Lives of the Saints by Charles B. Fairbanks.

Great Catholics

Songs for Catholic Schools

Historic Girls by Elbridge Streeter Brooks.

The Lives of Saints, with Other Feasts of the Year, According to the Roman Calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Pillars of the Church

Tradition in Action

YouTube: This is what Saint Theresa’s face looked like

Early Modern Hagiography

Acta Sanctorum

“A Hymn to the Name and Honour of the Admirable Saint Teresa” by Richard Crashaw (pdf).

“The Flaming Heart” by Richard Crashaw (pdf).

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

Writings of Saint Teresa

Documenta Catholica Omnia

Life of Saint Teresa Written by Herself

The Letters of Saint Teresa

St. Teresa of Jesus of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel: Embracing the Life, Relations, Maxims and Foundations Written by the Saint; Also, a History of St. Teresa’s Journeys and Foundations, with a Map and Illustrations

The Way of Perfection (pdf)

Interior Castle (pdf)

Book of the Foundations

Minor Works of Saint Teresa

Few Sweet Flowers Collected from the Writings of Saint Teresa

“Nada te turbe”

Poems

Art & Architecture

“Representations of Saint Teresa”

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Vatican Colonnade

Vatican Founder Statue

Immaculate Conception of El Viejo

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Bernini in the Corona Chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome – Wikipedia Entry, Smarthistory

19C Painting

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

A Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Google Arts & Culture

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson.

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.

Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.

Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches a-nd Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.

The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.

Music

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Ste Thérèse, H.342 & Pour Ste Thérèse, “Flores o Gallia” H.374

Hymn by Pope Urban VIII

Hymns

Customs & Devotions

Prayer of Saint Alphonsus to Saint Teresa in the Raccolta (also here)

Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy by Pierre Chaignon.

Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.

Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year with an Appendix of Meditations for the Festivals of Various Saints by Augustin Maria Ilg.

Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon.