A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 305
anchez de Ce-peda, and her motherwas named Beatrix. Sheherself is called TheresadAvila, on account ofthe place of her birth,which was Avila, in Cas-tile. She was bornMarch 28, 1515, andwas one of twelve broth-ers and sisters. Her fa-ther was exceedingly pi-ous, and her mother ex-tremely romantic.… … St. Theresa. ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 289 the lives of the saints and martyrs, and they conceived a passionatedesire to obtain the crown of martyrdom themselves. When buteight or nine years of age they went into the country of the Moorsbegging, hoping to be taken and sacrificed by the infidels. Theywere…
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