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title: "St. Teresa of Los Andes: Feast Day April 12 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-los-andes/
description: "St. Teresa of Los Andes, Virgin. Remembered on April 12, died 1920. Read their life in Bless."
---

Virgin · Remembered on April 12

# St. Teresa of Los Andes

St. Teresa of Los Andes is remembered on April 12 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [April 12](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#12) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1920 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Monday, April 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-los-andes/#calendar) |

## Life

Juanita Fernández of Santiago, a lively, athletic girl who read Thérèse and Elizabeth of the Trinity and burned with the same fire. She entered the Andean Carmel of Los Andes at nineteen and died of typhus eleven months later, professed on her deathbed — Chile’s first saint.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Teresa of Los Andes. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Monday, April 12, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/12/) | Monday of the Third Week of Easter | White | Acts 6:8-15 · Psalm 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30 · Matthew 4:4b · John 6:22-29 |
| [Wednesday, April 12, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/12/) | Wednesday of Holy Week | Violet | Isaiah 50:4-9a · Psalm 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34 · Matthew 26:14-25 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[April 11 St. Stanislaus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stanislaus/) [April 13 St. Martin I](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-i/)

[All the saints of April](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/) [Born on April 12?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#04-12) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Teresa of Los Andes

Remembered on April 12

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-los-andes/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-los-andes/#calendar)

In the app

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