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Historía de una santa: Santa Teresa de Ávila
Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada was born into a family of Jewish converts to Catholicism, according to The Central Minnesota Catholic.
After her mother died when she was 11, she developed a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin. She entered religious life in 1534 at the age of 20.
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