A scientific reconstruction of what would have been the face of St. Teresa of Ávila when she was 50 years old was presented recently in Alba de Tormes, the town in Salamanca province in Spain ...

For nearly 450 years, the body of St. Teresa of Avila has been encased inside her silver coffin. Her tomb has now been opened for the first time in 110 years, allowing scientists to analyze her ...

Keywords: st. teresa of avila doctors of the church saints & art John Grondelski John M. Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) is former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University ...

removed by doctors of the University of Salamanca in 1588 after the publication of St Teresa’s account of the “Transverberation” – a mystical experience where she reported that Christ had ...

A tomb of a medieval Catholic saint was recently opened last month for research – and the condition of her body stunned those who found her. In an Aug. 28 press release translated from Spanish ...

The Diocese of Ávila in Spain reported Aug. 28 that the body of St. Teresa of Ávila ... every May 10 the Church honors St. John of Avila, the patron saint of the Spanish clergy.

The silver coffin containing the body of St. Teresa of Avila in Alba de Tormes, Spain, is opened for the first time since 1914 and marked the beginning of a study of her relics, which will be ...

ALBA DE TORMES, Spain (OSV News) -- The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1592.

When I saw that today was the feast of St. Teresa of Ávila, one of the four female Doctors of the Church, I was reminded of this encounter. I remembered that women may be unnumbered in the ranks ...