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Thérèse Martin, in religion sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, more known as saint Thérèse of Lisieux or saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus or little Thérèse, is a nun canonised born in Alençon, 2nd January 1873, and died in Lisieux, 30 September 1897.
This young norman felt an early call to religious life. Overcoming the obstacles she entered the Carmelite convent of Lisieux at 15. After nine years of religious life, whose last two spent in a night of faith, she dies of tuberculosis the 30 September 1897 at the age of 24.
The impact of her posthumous publications, including The Story of a Soul published shortly after her death, in fact one of the greatest saints of the twentieth century. Considered by Pius XI as the star of his pontificate , she is quickly beatified and canonised and then declared patron saint of missions and secondary patroness of France with Joan of Arc. Devotion to saint Thérèse has developed around the world.
The novelty of her spirituality, called the theology of the little way, has inspired many believers. It proposes to seek holiness, not in great actions, but in acts of everyday life, even the most insignificant, provided that they perform for the love of God. [? - ] In 1997, Pope Jean-Paul II made her the 33rd doctor of the Church, recognising the same, the exemplary writings and life of saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
Built in her honour, the Basilica of Lisieux is the second greatest place of pilgrimage in France , after Lourdes.