[2] In her childhood she loved the paintings that depicted the Passion of the Lord, and she wanted to be associated with his suffering, so she gave her food to beggars and often walked barefoot along stone paths.

Her older brothers tried to test her will through giving her the difficult task of sharing the work of the laborers at the fields in the hopes that she would renounce her calling.

Once Manzanas arrived outside the hermitage she was at once seized with paralysis and when her relatives carried her in - and not long after entering - she found herself cured of this sudden affliction.

[3] Following the death of the foundress, she returned to Ávila and took part in the foundation of a convent at Ocana (1595) while she was one of the seven nuns selected for the introduction of the order into the Kingdom of France on 15 October 1604.

The French superiors - desirous of sending her as a prioress to Pontoise - obliged her to pass from the state of a secular sister to that of a choir nun.

Her writings, which include historical, autobiographical, and doctrinal works, poetry, and numerous letters, have been published as part of the series Monumenta historica carmeli teresiani[5] Her autobiography has been translated into French[6] and English,[2] among other languages.

The beatification process culminated on 29 June 1735 after Pope Clement XII confirmed that Anne lived a life of heroic virtue and named her as Venerable.