Teresa Jornet Ibars | |
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| Born | 9 January 1843 Aytona, Lleida, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain |
| Died | 26 August 1897 (aged 54) Liria, Valencia, Kingdom of Spain |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 April 1958, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII |
| Canonized | 27 January 1974, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 26 August |
| Attributes | Religious habit |
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Teresa Jornet Ibars, HAD (9 January 1843 – 26 August 1897), also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly.
Ibars was the great-niece of Francisco Palau and a friend and confidante of Saturnino López Novoa. Her dedication to the old and ill was noted, and her sisters' work in Spain and later abroad.
Her beatification was celebrated by Pope Pius XII on 27 April 1958 in Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope Paul VI canonized her as a saint in 1974.