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Saint — Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew

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Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
October 1, 1549 AD, El Almendral, Castile (peasant family) — June 7, 1626 AD, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands
Discalced Carmelite lay-sister; personal secretary of St. Teresa of Ávila; Discalced Carmelite mystic
Discalced Carmelite Monastery, Antwerp, Belgium — her final foundation; shrine, Belgium
Feast
June 7
Canonized
Beatified May 6, 1917 by Pope Benedict XV
Life

Ana García (religious name Anne of St. Bartholomew) was born on October 1, 1549 at El Almendral in Castile to a Spanish peasant family. From youth she worked as a shepherdess.

In 1570 (at 20), Anne entered the Discalced Carmelite Monastery of San José at Ávila as a lay-sister (non-choir religious-sister) — the first lay-sister of the Teresian Discalced Carmelite reform.

Anne became the personal secretary and travelling companion of St. Teresa of Ávila (see her existing entry) — accompanying Teresa on her Spanish Discalced Carmelite foundations. Teresa famously died in Anne's arms at Alba de Tormes on October 4, 1582.

In 1604, Anne accompanied Bl. Anne of Jesus (see her entry) in the delegation to Paris to establish the first Discalced Carmelite Monastery in France. In 1611, Anne moved to Antwerp to found the Discalced Carmelite Monastery of Antwerp — where she served as prioress until her death.

She died at Antwerp on June 7, 1626 at the age of 76.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Teresa death in Anne's arms

    Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew's role as the personal secretary and travelling companion of St. Teresa of Ávila — and the circumstance of Teresa dying in Anne's arms at Alba de Tormes on October 4, 1582 — established Anne as the personal-witness disciple of the Teresian Discalced Carmelite reform.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
    Discalced Carmelite Monastery, Antwerp, Belgium

    Her relics rest at the Discalced Carmelite Monastery at Antwerp.

Iconography
  • Anne receiving the dying Teresa

    The late-16th-century Discalced Carmelite lay-sister in brown Discalced Carmelite habit receiving the dying St. Teresa of Ávila in her arms at Alba de Tormes on October 4, 1582 — the iconography of Catholic Discalced Carmelite lay-sister tradition.

Patronages
Order of Discalced CarmelitesCatholic Discalced Carmelite lay-sister traditionAntwerp and the Flemish Catholic tradition
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