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Quotation from The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus by Teresa of Avila
“I remained there nearly a year, for three months of it suffering most cruel tortures--effects of the violent remedies which they applied.”
The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, Chapter IV, § 7, trans. David Lewis
Her father takes her, gravely ill, to a place famed for cures after the physicians fail.
Citation: "I remained there nearly a year, for three months of it suffering most cruel tortures--effects of the violent remedies which they applied." — Teresa of Avila, The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, Chapter IV, § 7, trans. David Lewis. (id life-of-st-teresa-of-jesus-q2)
Portrait: Santa Teresa de Jesús (Museo del Prado), Eduardo Balaca, Public domain.
