Potrydencki ideał życia zakonnego na przykładzie staropolskich żywotów św. Teresy od Jezusa

The aim of the article is to present the figure of St. Therese of Jesus as a role model of religious life in selected works of post-Trent hagiography. The source material comprises of a biography included in the 1780 edition of Peter Skarga’s lives of saints and a collection of the lives of Carmelite saints by Fr. Philip of the Holy Trinity (1746). Besides the basic biographical content, the texts under discussion include characteristic features of Therese as a role model of a religious, following the Trent Council regulations. The article is published to commemorate the 500th anniversary of St. Therese’s birthday (1515-2015).