June 17th

Blessed Theresa

Blessed · Common of Nuns · Lorvão, Portugal · d. 1250

At Lorvão in Portugal, Saint Theresa, who, queen of León and mother of three children, after the death of her husband lived the regular life under Cistercian discipline in the monastery she herself had founded.

Latin Original

Lorvánii in Lusitánia, sanctae ‘erésiz, quz, Legionénsis regína et mater trium liberórum, post cóniugis mortem, in monastério ab ipsa cóndito sub disciplina Cisterciénsi vitam regulárem egit.