Venerable Anne of Jesus
Anne de Lobera, known as Anne of Jesus, was a Spanish Carmelite nun born in 1545. A disciple of Saint Teresa, she founded numerous monasteries in Spain, France, and the Netherlands. She died in the odor of sanctity in Brussels in 1621.
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THE VENERABLE ANNE OF JESUS (1621).
Origins and miraculous childhood
Anne de Lobera was born in 1545 into a noble Spanish family and regained the use of speech and hearing at the age of seven.
Anne de Lobera Anne de Lobère Spanish Carmelite nun, close collaborator of Saint Teresa of Avila. , in religion Anne of Jesus, was born in Medina-del-Ca Medina-del-Campo Birthplace of the saint in Spain. mpo, to an illustrious family of Spain, in 1545.
Scarcely ten years old, she made a vow of perpetual chastity, to thank the Lord for having given her the power of speech. She had been deaf and mute until the age of seven.
She advanced so much in Christian piety that her confessor later testified to never having heard the admission of any serious venial sin.
Vocation and expansion of the Order
Entering the Carmelites of Saint Teresa, she founded numerous monasteries in Spain, France, and the Low Countries.
She embraced the institute of Saint Teresa at the age of twenty-four. After having founded various monasteries in Spain, Mother La Mère de Jésus Spanish Carmelite nun, close collaborator of Saint Teresa of Avila. Anne of Jesus was called, for the same purpose, to France and the Low Countries.
In France , the hous Carmélites Contemplative religious order founded by Saint Teresa of Avila. es of the Carmelites multiplied rapidly; there were already sixty-two by the end of the 17th century.
End of life and death
She passed away in 1621 in Brussels, leaving behind an important network of Carmelite convents.
Anne of Jesus died in B russels, Bruxelles City near the monastery where the court of the Count of Brabant resided. in the odor of sanctity, on March 4, 1621, in he r convent of th couvent du Parc Monastery where Anne of Jesus ended her life in Brussels. e Parc, near the Namur gate.
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- Born in Medina del Campo in 1545
- Healing of her deafness and mutism at the age of seven
- Vow of perpetual chastity at age ten
- Entered Saint Teresa's institute at age twenty-four
- Foundation of monasteries in Spain, France, and the Netherlands
- Died in Brussels in 1621