|image=St_theresa.jpg
|birth_date=January 2, 1873
|birth_place=Alençon, France|death_date=September 30, 1897 (aged 24)|death_place=Lisieux, France
}}
'''Saint Theresa of Lisieux''' (born January 2, 1873, died September 30, 1897) also called Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus. She held a magnificent love to please God from a very early age. Theresa is the last of 33 [[Doctors of the Church]], having received the honor in 1997, a title bestowed to her by [[Pope John Paul II]]. Theresa's feast day is October 1.
==Early life==