She was later installed as the thirty-third Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997. She died of tuberculosis on September 30, 1897, at the age of 24 and was canonized only 28 years later, in 1925, by Pope Pius XI. Therese is the author of her own popular autobiography entitled The Story of a Soul, which she began writing in 1895, and she instituted a simple path to holiness now widely known as the "Little Way". She lived humbly, concealing her intense prayer life and countless sacrifices. The agonizing sufferings that came from the slow death of tuberculosis and the dark night of soul that she experienced were enough to try even the strongest of souls. Therese saw herself as the Little Flower of Jesus because she was just like the simple wild flowers in forests and fields, unnoticed by the greater.
She was the ninth child of saintly parents, Louis and. She was born at Alençon, France, 2 January, 1873 died at Lisieux 30 September, 1897. Therese of Lisieux, with Additional Writings Publisher: Chump Change, 1922 Buy New Learn more. She is also known as the Little Flower of Jesus. After her oldest sister was elected prioress, Therese became a permanent novice to allay suspicions that her family was dominating the small community. Thérèse was known, during the intense sufferings of her last illness, temptations to despair and suicide passed before her mind. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of the Little Flower, St. After she converted interiorly and began to read Thomas a Kempis' The Imitation of Christ, she joined 2 of her sisters in a discalced Carmelite convent as a nun at just 15 years old. St Therese of Lissieux (1873-1897) was a French Catholic who was born in Alencon, France, in January 2 nd 1873.
She was often anxious and depressed in childhood, as she suffered the early death of her mother. Therese of Lisieux, also known as "Therese of the Child Jesus" and "The Little Flower", was the last of nine children born to Louis and Zelie Martin, at France in 1873.
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