Buste of St. Thérèse of Lisieux France H 28cm

This beautiful buste of St. Thérèse of Lisieux France is made from terracotta. She is nicely detailed and serene and the buste was loved in her previous life. She measures w 32 x d 19 x h 28cm and she weighs 3042 grms. Postage from France included.

Thérèse of Lisieux (born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897). In religion Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known in English as the Little Flower of Jesus, or simply the Little Flower, and in French as la petite Thérèse. Thérèse has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics because of the simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life. She is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church, although she was obscure during her lifetime. Pope Pius X called her “the greatest saint of modern times”.
Thérèse felt an early call to religious life and, after overcoming various obstacles, in 1888, at age 15, she became a nun and joined two of her elder sisters in the cloistered Carmelite community of Lisieux in Normandy (another sister, Céline, also joined the order later).