Maria Petyt
Flemish mystic, writer
Who they were
Maria Petyt, also spelled Petijt or Petiyt, in religion Marie of Saint Theresa or Marie de Sainte-Thérèse (1 January 1623 – 1 November 1677), was a Flemish Carmelite tertiary, mystic, beguine, and spiritual writer of the Spanish Netherlands. She lived in the tradition of the Ancient Observance Carmelites and was associated with the Touraine Reform, a reform movement within the unreformed Carmelite order that emphasized strict observance, solitude, interior prayer, and contemplation.
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The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- Marie of the Incarnation Blessed“Dominique Tronc places her between Marie of the Incarnation and Madame Guyon as one of the major female witnesses to a mystical experience carried to maturity, and compares the intimacy of her autobiographical writings with Guyon’s later Vie par elle-même.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q2406958 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Petyt (CC BY-SA)
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