Maria Petyt, also spelled Petijt or Petiyt, in religion Marie of Saint Theresa or Marie de Sainte-Thérèse, was a Flemish Carmelite tertiary, mystic, beguine, and spiritual writer of the Spanish Nether
Marie of Saint Theresa dressed in the habit of the Carmelite sisters
The Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, also known as the Lay Carmelites, is a third order of the Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance, established in 1476 by a bull of Pope Sixtus IV. It is
Maria Petyt
…Ghent. She did not remain there, in part because her poor eyesight made the choral office difficult for her. She subsequently became associated with the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, taking the religious name Marie of Saint Theresa. In 1642 she entered the beguine milieu at Ghent, under the direction of a Carmelite known as Father…