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:::Thanks. Agree to speedy delete. Get it gone as soon as possible. [[User:Bookworm857158367|Bookworm857158367]] ([[User talk:Bookworm857158367|talk]]) 14:43, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
:::Thanks. Agree to speedy delete. Get it gone as soon as possible. [[User:Bookworm857158367|Bookworm857158367]] ([[User talk:Bookworm857158367|talk]]) 14:43, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
*'''Speedy delete''' Endorse immediate action. ~ [[User:Pbritti|Pbritti]] ([[User talk:Pbritti|talk]]) 14:16, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
*'''Speedy delete''' Endorse immediate action. ~ [[User:Pbritti|Pbritti]] ([[User talk:Pbritti|talk]]) 14:16, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
*'''Send to the hoax museum.''' It’s important that we document this just like the other 10+ year old hoaxes (e.g. William Henry Farrow). [[User:00sClassicGamerFan|00sClassicGamerFan]] ([[User talk:00sClassicGamerFan|talk]]) 17:19, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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The only source cited for this article is a website in Italian that claims the Mercedarian Order observes the apparent subject’s feast day on 23 November, but a quick search for "23 November Catholic saints" shows that she is not on the saints’ calendar.

Furthermore, a Google search for a "St Teresa of Jesus" comes up with Teresa of Ávila, who was canonized in 1622 and exalted to patroness of Spain by the Cortes Generales in 1627 – exactly the same years claimed for the birth and death of this alleged saint "Teresa of Jesus, Child."

All of this points towards being a likely hoax, and a very long-lasting one at that (over 11 years). 00sClassicGamerFan (talk) 07:02, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, indeed a blatant hoax, created to cause confusion. Note that e.g. Sanlúcar de Barrameda, the supposed death place of this child, has a relic of the real Saint Teresa. Fram (talk) 07:53, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. And then you have Theresa of Lisieux Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 10:25, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy delete. Probably qualifies for immediate deletion via WP:SNOW. I had forgotten I created this. It was at a time when I was trying to write articles about saints or venerables who were children and this website said she was five. There are a lot of saints named Theresa, not all of them venerated in every country or included on every calendar of saints after Vatican II, if I remember my thought process at the time. I had written several others that were all in a category called Child Saints. Looking at this one again, I agree that it is completely problematic and should be deleted, probably immediately. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 13:21, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I am tagging for speedy deletion via G7. As you appear to be the only person who has added substantial content to the page, it appears to be eligible for {{db-authorreq}}. Alpha3031 (tc) 14:30, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Agree to speedy delete. Get it gone as soon as possible. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 14:43, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]