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Alba de Tormes

A place in the history of the Church

A town in Castile, in Spain, by the Tormes River. St. Teresa founded a convent there in 1571.

What happened here

  1. Her death: St. Teresa died in Alba de Tormes in October 1582. Her last words were that she was dying as a daughter of the Church.
  2. Her body: her body is kept in Alba de Tormes.

Source: Benedict XVI, general audience of February 2, 2011; Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “St. Teresa of Jesus”

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