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Saint John of the Cross
Feast day: 14 December
Carmelite friar, poet and Doctor of the Church who mapped the soul's journey through the dark night to union with God.
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Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
Feast day: 9 August
Jewish philosopher, assistant to Husserl and pioneer of Catholic feminism, who became a Carmelite nun and was murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz as a Jew and a Christian.
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Saint Teresa of Ávila
Feast day: 15 October
A Spanish Carmelite reformer and mystical writer who mapped the interior life and, with Saint John of the Cross, renewed her order.
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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Feast day: 1 October
A hidden Carmelite nun who died at twenty-four and taught the 'little way' of confidence and love — now a Doctor of the Church and patroness of the missions.