Venerable Teresa Luisa Gardi
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
- 22 January 2015 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)
MLA Citation
- “Venerable Teresa Luisa Gardi“. CatholicSaints.Info. 31 December 2016. Web. 27 February 2021. <>