A 2009 photo of the Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila by Bernini, located in Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. (Photo: Welleschik/Wikimedia Commons) For the third time since her death in 1582 ...

Inside an open silver casket was Saint Teresa of Ávila, more than 440 years after her death.Catholic worshippers have been flocking to Alba de Tormes, a town ringed by rolling pastures in western ...

Catholic worshippers have for weeks flocked to Alba de Tormes, a town ringed by rolling pastures in western Spain where the ...

Tens of thousands flock to see corpse of Spanish saint more than 440 years after death - The remains spawned reactions online ...

The master Bernini invigorates reality with emotion. Center stage is "The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa." Bernini captures the feeling Theresa described when the angel pierced her heart with a heavenly ...

St. Teresa of Jesus, also called St. Teresa of Avila, was a Discalced Carmelite nun who was born in 1515 and died in 1582. This weekend, her body was put on public display in Alba de Tormes ...

The corpse of Saint Teresa of Jesus, who died nearly 500 years ago, has been displayed to the public for the first time since 1914. Saint Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Avila, died 440 ...

This interpretation of ecstasy will be taken up later by the baroque artist Bernini, whose 1652 sculpture, The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, showing the female saint melting away lusciously as she is about ...

ACTION youth group is associated with St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, named for Saint Mother Teresa. Victor Hanley, a senior at Mahanoy Area High School, portrayed Jesus in a live Stations ...

ACTION youth group is associated with St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, named for Saint Mother Teresa. On June 17, 1995, Mother Teresa concluded her visit to the United States in Mahanoy ...

This pessimism may explain why Bernini was so intent upon stage-managing his biographies. It could also shed some light on one of his most renowned achievements, The Ecstasy of St. Teresa ...

Saint Teresa of Avila continues to fascinate both ... in masterpieces such as "The Ecstasy" by the Italian sculptor Bernini and a portrait by Rubens or on this infamous wood carving by El Greco.