Hagios : Saint of the Day (October 1) - Saint Therese of Lisieux

Saint Therese of Lisieux, also known as Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was born on January 2, 1873, in Alençon, France. She has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the simplicity and practicality of her approach to spiritual life. She died on September 30, 1897, in Lisieux, France, and was buried in Carmel of Lisieux chapel.

Trivia
The Carmel of Lisieux chapel was built in the 1840s and enlarged in 1923 to accommodate relics of Saint Teresa during her Beatification, and to respond to the influx of pilgrims coming to pray and venerate her.