Word: lisieux
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some 40 years ago there lived with the Carmelite Sisters at Lisieux, France, a young girl, so young that only months of pleading gained her admittance to the sisterhood. In 1897 she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24, unknown. But she had written a simple autobiography of her spiritual life, and, presently, the name of Sister Therese was known to the hearts of men everywhere. In spiritual unison millions called her "The Little Flower of Jesus" for the incomparable beauty of her faith. In 1923 she was beatified; in 1925, canonized...