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Mother Teresa's given name was Anjezë Gonxhe (or Gonxha) [11] Bojaxhiu (Anjezë is a cognate of Agnes; Gonxhe means "flower bud" in Albanian). [12] She was born on 26 August 1910 into a Kosovar Albanian family [13] [14] [15] in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (now the capital of North Macedonia). [16] [17] She was baptised in Skopje the day after her ...
The Missionaries of Charity (Latin: Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women [3] established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; French: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (therízō) "to harvest or reap", or from θέρος (theros) "summer". Another origin of the name is from Latin word "Terra" which means earth.
Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart (1747–1770), an Italian Discalced Carmelite; Theresa of Saint Augustine (1752–1794), Discalced Carmelite and martyr; Thérèse Couderc (1805–1885), co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle; Maria Teresa of St. Joseph (1855–1938), founder of the Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus
Therese Malten (real name Therese Müller) (1855–1930), German dramatic soprano; Therese Maron (1725–1806), German painter; Therese Murray (born 1947), American state legislator; Therese Neumann (1898–1962), German Catholic mystic and stigmatic; Therese Raibaud, French model. Maria Raibaud's twin sister. Therese Schnabel (1876–1959 ...
The nature of Connolly’s work is perhaps best described by the name of his Nyack-based company, Circumstantial Productions, which has released dozens of films, books and recordings since its ...
Mother Teresa Day (Dita e Nënë Terezës) on September 5 is a public holiday in Albania.; The airport of Tirana, the capital of Albania, is the Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, named after Mother Teresa in 2002.
Mother Teresa joins a long list of historical figures that the former president has improbably claimed kinship with, writes Joe Sommerlad What do Mother Teresa, Al Capone, Elvis and Jesus have in ...