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13 July
Saint Teresa of Jesus “of Los Andes”
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Juanita Fernandez Solar was born at Santiago, Chile, on 13 July 1900.
From her adolescence she was devoted to Christ. She entered the monastery
of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns at Los Andes on May 7, 1919, where she
was given the name of Teresa of Jesus. She died on April 12 of the following
year after having made her religious profession. She was canonised on March
21, 1993, by Pope John Paul H and proposed as a model for young people.
She is the first Chilean and the first member of the Teresian Carmel in
Latin America to be canonised.
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