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The relics, made up of portions of her thigh and foot bones, have attracted crowds in Catholic cathedrals, convents and even Wormwood Scrubs prison in London.
Westminster Cathedral said it had ordered 100,000 candles and 50,000 pink roses to meet demand from the 2,000 pilgrims expected to venerate the relics every hour.
The nun, known in the Catholic world as the "Little Flower of Jesus", entered the sisterhood aged just 15, but died aged 24 in 1897 from tuberculosis.
The posthumous publication of her autobiography "The Story Of A Soul" elevated her to worldwide fame and she was declared a saint in 1925 by the Catholic Church.
She has been adopted as the patron saint by a number of groups including missionaries, AIDS sufferers, and the sick.
The relics were blessed on the steps of Westminster Cathedral by auxiliary Bishop of Westminster the Rt Rev John Arnold before the start of the visit.
Canon Christopher Tuckwell, the cathedral's administrator, said: "St Therese is a great inspiration to us all and I hope that the visit of her relics will enable a deepening of faith and a renewed sense of commitment to the Church."
The relics have toured 46 countries since 1997, including Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan, the United States, Ireland, Lebanon and Iraq.
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Westminster Cathedral said it had ordered 100,000 candles and 50,000 pink roses to meet demand from the 2,000 pilgrims expected to venerate the relics every hour.
The nun, known in the Catholic world as the "Little Flower of Jesus", entered the sisterhood aged just 15, but died aged 24 in 1897 from tuberculosis.
The posthumous publication of her autobiography "The Story Of A Soul" elevated her to worldwide fame and she was declared a saint in 1925 by the Catholic Church.
She has been adopted as the patron saint by a number of groups including missionaries, AIDS sufferers, and the sick.
The relics were blessed on the steps of Westminster Cathedral by auxiliary Bishop of Westminster the Rt Rev John Arnold before the start of the visit.
Canon Christopher Tuckwell, the cathedral's administrator, said: "St Therese is a great inspiration to us all and I hope that the visit of her relics will enable a deepening of faith and a renewed sense of commitment to the Church."
The relics have toured 46 countries since 1997, including Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan, the United States, Ireland, Lebanon and Iraq.
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