Enrico de Ossó y Cervelló, a Catalan priest, was born in Vinebre (diocese of Tortosa, province of Tarragona ─ Spain) on October 16, 1840. From his seminary years he proved to be a «brilliant catechist».

Throughout Spain, he promoted devotion to Saint Teresa of Avila, founding the Teresian Archconfraternity. He published several books of piety and pedagogy, which immediately became famous, including «The quarter of an hour of prayer» and the «Practical Guide for the Catechist».

He was also the founder of the magazine Santa Teresa di Gesù, a periodical that spread rapidly not only in Spain, but also in Europe and America. In Tarragona, Catalonia, he founded the Company of Saint Teresa of Jesus, a female religious congregation dedicated to prayer and education and today extends throughout Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, the Americas and some places in Africa and Asia. He died in the Franciscan monastery of the Holy Spirit, in Gilet (Valencia), in 1896.

The beatification ceremony was held on October 14, 1979. The solemn ceremony of canonization on June 16, 1993.