This is a photographic reprint of the original and an older translation than others on the market, insuring faithfulness to the spirit of Saint Teresa of Jesus. S. TERESA was born in Avila on Weunesuay, March 28, 1515. Her father was Don Alfonso Sanchez lle Cepeda, and her mother Dona Beatriz Davila y Ahumada. The name she received in her baptism was common to both families, for her great-grandmother on the father's side was Teresa Sanchez, and her grandmother on her mother's side was Teresa de las Cuevas. While she remained in the world, and even after she had become a nun in the monastery...