Was Teresa of Ávila a lesbian?
A Christian saint kept secrets
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4 min readJan 5, 2021
In 1531, at age 15, her father put her in a convent as a place for “girls like myself,” she’d say, “although there were none there as depraved as I.”
Teresa of Ávila went on to become a beloved Catholic leader, and a saint. She’s seen as an icon of sacred character across all Christianity.
But what had she meant by “girls like myself”?
