Anna Maria Marchocka

Servant of God

Tereza of Jesus

OCD
Sister Teresa of Jesus
Born(1603-06-25)25 June 1603
Stróże, Poland
Died19 April 1652(1652-04-19) (aged 48)
Warsaw, Poland

Anna Maria Marchocka, OCD (June 25, 1603 – April 19, 1652), born as Marianna Marchocka, religious name Teresa of Jesus, was a Discalced Carmelite nun and writer during the Counter-Reformation. Marchocka's spiritual autobiography is believed to be the first of its kind composed by a woman in Poland.[1]

  1. ^ Bainton, Roland. Women of the Reformation: From Spain to Scandinavia. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. p. 177.