Carmelite reformer and writer on prayer whose foundations spread across Spain. Her autobiography and Interior Castle describe the spiritual life while her letters and Foundations record the practical work of reform.
Places and activities
Ávila
1515-1582; with extensive journeys
Grew up, entered the Incarnation and founded Saint Joseph's in 1562.
Years are historical biographical dates; an approximate label on a place record remains approximate.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
Official modern biographical overview; not contemporary evidence for the saint's travels.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.
Primary text or author archive. Its presence in the bibliography does not by itself support every map claim.
Older reference. The named foundations here concern her personal journeys; Granada, founded through Anne of Jesus, is deliberately not used to infer her presence.