Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Saints & hagiography Venerables

Anna of Saint Augustine, Venerable

ANNA DI SANT'AGOSTINO, VENERABILE

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Also known as: Anne of Saint Augustine, Anna of St Augustine, Anna of St. Augustine; Spanish: Venerable Ana de San Agustín, Ana de San Agustín, Ana de San Agustín y Enríquez; Italian: Anna di S. Agostino; Latin: Anna a Sancto Augustino

ANNA OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, Venerable. - Discalced Carmelite, disciple of St. Teresa, b. at Dueña (Palencia) in 1555, d. at Villanueva on 11 Dec. 1624. She took the Carmelite habit at Málaga in 1575. She accompanied St. Teresa in the foundation of the monastery of Villanueva de la Jara, of which she was prioress several times. In 1600 she founded a monastery at Valera de Abajo (Cuenca). She was distinguished for an abundance of supernatural charisms. Pius VI declared her virtues heroic in 1776. She wrote her autobiography out of obedience, an important document of the mystical life.

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BIBL.: Alonso de S. Jerónimo, Vida de la Ven. Ana de S. Agustín, Madrid 1668; Silverio di Santa Teresa, Historia del Carmen Descalzo en España, XI, Burgos 1940.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1364.

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Silverio di S. Teresa. “Anna di Sant'Agostino, venerabile.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1364. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/anna-di-sant-agostino-venerabile.

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Silverio di S. Teresa. “Anna di Sant'Agostino, venerabile.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1364. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/anna-di-sant-agostino-venerabile.

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  author    = {Silverio di S. Teresa},
  title     = {Anna di Sant'Agostino, venerabile},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1364},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/anna-di-sant-agostino-venerabile}
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