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268 268 ST. THERESA DK LIGUORI October 4, but owing to the suppression of ten days, the day which followed was October 15, the day on which her festival was appointed to be kept. Teresa was beatified in 1614 by Paul Y. and on March 12, 1622, she was solemnly canonized by Gregory XV., together with St. Isidore, St. Ignatius Loyola, Si Francis Xavier and St. Philip Neri. She is the only woman on whom the title of Doctor of the Church, has been conferred. AA.SS, Autobiography and Book of Poundationa, containing also the Car- melite Hule, the Constitutions and the Maxims of Saint Teresa, tr. from Spanish by D. Lewis. Way of Perfection^ tr. by Rev. J. Dalton. H. J. Coleridge, Life and Letters of St, Teresa, M. Trench, Life of Saint Teresa, Article in Quarterly BepieWf vol. 156. Cahier. St. Theresa (8) de Lig:uori, Oct. 30, + 1724. Daughter of Francesco Liguori, prince of Persiccio, one of the noblest and wealthiest families in the kingdom of Naples. Theresa was a great heiress and it was intended to marry her to her cousin, St. Alphonso de Liguori. The parents on both sides wished the marriage to take place, but as yet no formal engagement had been made, and Alphonso himself took no part in the negotiation, when the Princess Persiccio, Theresa's mother, had a son. Theresa was no longer the great heiress she had been, and Alphonso's father ceased his attentions to the family and spoke no more of his son's marriage. In a few months, however, the child died and Don Joseph renewed his suit, but Theresa, who had been deeply hurt by his conduct, said it was evident he only sought her fortune, not herself, and that she was now sensible of the vanity of all worldly marriages and would have no husband but Christ. Accordingly, in 1711) she took the veil, in the convent of St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, or of the Holy Sacrament, where she lived a saintly life for five years, and soon after her death, Alphonso, at the request of the abbess, wrote her life. Faber, Life of St, Alphonso Liguori, Ven. Theresa (O) of the Heart of Jesus, 1747 - 1770. Anna Margarita Redi was of a noble family in Tnscanj, and a native of Arezzo. She became i Carmelite nun in 1765, taking the name of Theresa of the Heart of Jesus, in the convent of St. Theresa at Florence, where she died March 7, 1770. The disooi- sions about her canonization are men- tioned several times in the Diaro ii Bama from 1826 to 1831. She is ako among the saints in Mas Latrie's list St. Thergite, Torchoith. St. Therma (l), AprH 5, M. with her sister St. Tarbula. AAJSS.^ Prseter, St. Therma (2), March 26, M. ib Eoumania. Guerin. St. Thermantia, Oct 12, + c. eo, honoured with her husband St. Priscos, her daughter St. Christes, their servant St. Victoria and St Hedistus. When the Emperor Nero had gone to Lauren- tum to sacrifice to Diana, some of the Boman populace took advantage of his absence to rise in rebellion against him, which caused him to remain away from the capital longer than he had intended. During that time he often went to an altar of Diana, where there were three grottos containing fountains of fresh water ; and he went hunting and riding with his soldiers and attendants. Among them was his famous armour-bearer, Hedistus, who was secretly a Christian and had been baptized by the Apostle Peter. At Laurentum Hedistus made the acquaintance of Friscus, a Christian priest, and his wife and daughter, Ther- mantia and Christes. Prisons had erected a Christian altar in a sand-pit or catacomb by the altar of Diana, and there Hedistus went to attend the Christian services. At the entrance he used to meet the two girls who were stationed there to tell Prisons when he approached. He became thin and pale from fasting and vigils ; the Emperor remarked it and bode him consult a physician and take care of his health. At the same time his servant, Florus, observed that he spent the night in singing hymns and saying prayers, and he wondered what it meant, and said to one of his fellow-servants, '' Our master is growing thin; he neither eats nor sleeps and he often goes out on horse- back in the dark." One night when he was just going to mount his horse.