Location:
Spain
Coordinates:
40.6561, -4.6812
Events at Ávila (7)
1515
ID: 4945
March 28, 1515
Birth of St. Teresa of Ávila in Spain - future Doctor of the Church and reformer of Carmelites
ID: 4945
1562
ID: 4946
St. Teresa of Ávila begins Carmelite reform - founds first reformed convent at Ávila despite opposition
ID: 4946
1567
ID: 4972
St. John of the Cross meets St. Teresa of Ávila - begins reform of male Carmelites
ID: 4972
1577
ID: 4947
St. Teresa writes 'Interior Castle' - masterpiece on prayer and mystical union with God
ID: 4947
1578
ID: 4973
St. John of the Cross imprisoned by unreformed Carmelites - writes 'Dark Night of the Soul' in prison
ID: 4973
1582
ID: 4948
October 4, 1582
Death of St. Teresa of Ávila - Doctor of the Church, reformed Carmelites, wrote mystical classics
ID: 4948
1591
ID: 4974
December 14, 1591
Death of St. John of the Cross - Doctor of the Church, master of mystical theology
ID: 4974