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Also known as

• Teresa Gardi of Imola

Profile

Lifelong lay women in the diocese of Imola, Italy. Franciscan tertiary. Had a great devotion to the works of Saint John of the Cross and Saint Teresa of Avila. Visionary and mystic kept a diary of what she saw and felt, but revealed nothing; it wasn’t until her diaries were printed decades after her death that anyone but her confessor learned of her inner life of prayer and love of God.

Born

• 22 October 1769 in Imola, Bologna, Italy

Died

• 1 January 1837 in Imola, Bologna, Italy of natural causes

Venerated

• 22 January 2015 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)

MLA Citation

• “Venerable Teresa Luisa Gardi“. CatholicSaints.Info. 31 December 2016. Web. 3 August 2020. <>