Duruelo
A place in the history of the Church
A small place in Spain.
What happened here
- The first friars: in 1568, with St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa opened in Duruelo the first house of the Discalced Carmelite friars.
Source: Benedict XVI, general audience of February 2, 2011; Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “St. Teresa of Jesus”