Teresa Jornet Ibars


Teresa Jornet Ibars

Religious
Born(1843-01-09)9 January 1843
Aytona, Lleida, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain
Died26 August 1897(1897-08-26) (aged 54)
Liria, Valencia, Kingdom of Spain
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified27 April 1958, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII
Canonized27 January 1974, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI
Feast26 August
AttributesReligious habit
Patronage
  • Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly
  • People rejected by religious orders
  • Elderly people

Teresa Jornet Ibars, HAD (9 January 1843 – 26 August 1897), also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly.

Ibars was the great-niece of Francisco Palau and a friend and confidante of Saturnino López Novoa. Her dedication to the old and ill was noted, and her sisters' work in Spain and later abroad.

Her beatification was celebrated by Pope Pius XII on 27 April 1958 in Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Paul VI canonized her as a saint in 1974.


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