St. Teresa of Avila (SAU 28) Postcard

Main (Right) Panel: An angel pierces St. Teresa’s heart with a flaming arrow recalling her most famous vision. Upper Left: St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross, her confessor and fellow Carmelite reformer, beneath an image of the Holy Trinity. Lower Left: The death of St. Teresa in the arms of Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew, her secretary and close friend. + Image Credit (SAU 28): Antique image of St. Teresa of Avila, chromolithograph with gilt highlights from the Almanach Catholique de Belgique for the year 1888 (9th year of printing; Bruges and Lille: Société St. Augustin; Desclée De Brower et Cie, [1889]), n.p. From the designer’s private library. + Feast of St. Teresa: October 15