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We're going to talk about Santa Teresa de Jesus' life and how was she.

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She's name is Teresa Sanchez de Pera Davila, your mother.

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She was born in Avila in 1515, and she died in Alba de Tormes in 1582 when she was 67 years old.

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When Santa Teresa de Jesus lived, two kings went, Carlos I from 1516 to 1556, and Felipe II from 1556 to 1598.

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Santa Teresa de Jesus was a nun, and she went from town to town, burning churches everywhere.

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But she also was a poet.

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One of the sentences she wrote said,

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He committed the worst of sins, he wanted to be happy.

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Santa Teresa de Jesus wrote about asceticism and mysticism.

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She dedicated her life to mystical literature and creation of churches.

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When she was 20, Teresa ran away from her house because she wanted to be alone, but she didn't have her father's approval.

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And she went, and she, in 1535, she went alone to Las Carmelitas, Colombia.

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The most famous books are Libro de la Vida, Camino de Perfección, Meditaciones sobre los Cantares, Las Moradas, and Precio.