> [[09-figures|↑ Back to TOC]] # Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus ## Biography Thérèse Martin was born at Alençon in 1873. At the age of fifteen, she entered the Carmel at Lisieux. She practiced heroic humility, evangelical simplicity, and trust in God, and taught the novices these virtues by word and example. She offered her life for the salvation of souls and the growth of the Church. She died on September 30, 1897. Canonized in 1925, she was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1997. *Source: OCD Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours, October 1* - [[10-01-st-therese-of-the-child-jesus|OCD Proper]] ## Notes - virgin and doctor of the Church F 169 ## Works