Histoire d'un âme is a book combining the autobiographical stories of Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873 - 1897). Published in 1898 the book immediately had a great popular success. This book is now translated into more than 50 languages, and has many re-releases from different publishers. It is estimated that its total circulation is over 500 million copies.
Considered by Pius XI as the "star of her pontificate", she was beatified and canonized in 1925. A cloistered nun, she was paradoxically declared patron saint of the missions and, with Joan of Arc, canonized in 1920, proclaimed "Patronne Secondary of France ". Finally, she is proclaimed Doctor of the Church by John Paul II in 1997 for the centenary of her death.
Considered by Pius XI as the "star of her pontificate", she was beatified and canonized in 1925. A cloistered nun, she was paradoxically declared patron saint of the missions and, with Joan of Arc, canonized in 1920, proclaimed "Patronne Secondary of France ". Finally, she is proclaimed Doctor of the Church by John Paul II in 1997 for the centenary of her death.
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