A portrait of St. Teresa Margaret Redi
St. Teresa Margaret Redi
July 15, 1747 – March 7, 1770
Feast
March 11 · XVIII c.
Patron of
Discalced Carmelites · Mystics · The dying young
Order
Religious / Carmelite / Mystic
Italian Discalced Carmelite mystic of Florence whose hidden life of contemplation and active charity in the monastery infirmary was crowned by mystical insight into the depths of the Sacred Heart. She summarized her spirituality in the simple phrase, 'God is love, and the soul that lives in love lives in God.' She died at age twenty-two; her body was discovered incorrupt fifteen days after her death and remains so today in the convent at Florence.
Life & Times
Also known as: Anna Maria Redi; Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart · Born: July 15, 1747 · Died: March 7, 1770 · From: Arezzo; Florence, Italy.
Patronage
St. Teresa Margaret Redi is invoked as the patron of discalced carmelites, mystics, the dying young. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
“God is love, and the soul that lives in love lives in God.”— Personal notes preserved by her Carmelite community at Florence
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