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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

Anna of St Augustine was born in Valladolid on the 11^th of December, 1555.

In 1577 she was accepted at the Carmelite monastery of Malagon (Spain) where in 1578 she made her solemn profession.  Favoured by special mystical experiences, in 1579 she was examined by St. Teresa of Avila who found her revelations authentic and entrusted her with the foundation of the monastery of Villanueva de la Jara of which she also became prioress. Later she was again transferred to the monastery of Valera de Abajo. In 1616 she returned as prioress to the monastery of Villanueva where she spent her last years. 

She died in 1624.

The decree on her heroic virtue was promulgated on 15^th September, 1776.

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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

Anita Cantieri was born in Lucca (Italy) on March 30, 1910. Her parents, Davino and Annunziata, were countrypeople of modest means; they had 12 children.

Shortly after her birth on April 3^rd, she was baptized; received the sacrament of confirmation on October 3^rd 1915 and her First Communion on 7^th of May 1916.

At the age of twelve, she decided to give herself completely to God, feeling the call to a religious vocation. On May 24, 1930 she entered on trial the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa in Campi Bisenzio (Florence).

She remained in the convent for 14 months, but had to leave in August 1931 because she suffered from physical ailments of an unspecified nature. A few years later she was welcomed into the Carmelite Secular Third Order, in which she took the name of Thérèse of the Child Jesus. Humble, silent, smiling, she tried to live her motto-program: «Love, suffer, be silent: all this is my life synthesized». In the last period of her life, even though reduced to  immobility by being confined to bed by her illness, Anita became the promoter and animator of numerous parish and apostolic initiatives.

She died on the 24^th of August, 1942.

The decree on her heroic virtue was promulgated on the 21^st of December, 1991.

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