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Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, [a] was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and is a Catholic saint. [6][7][8] Born in Skopje, then part of the ...
t. e. Teresa of Ávila, [a] OCD (Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), [b] also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Active during the Counter-Reformation, Teresa became the central figure of a movement of spiritual and monastic ...
Thérèse of Lisieux. Therese of Lisieux OCD (French: Thérèse de Lisieux [teʁɛz də lizjø]; born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face), was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in ...
Her life was used for a Chilean television miniseries spanning from 6 August until 10 September 1989 starring Paulina Urrutia as Teresa of Jesus. [8] Other films have been made about her life. She was also mentioned in the Young Pope, a 2016 religious drama TV miniseries.
Maria Goretti. Maria Teresa Goretti (Italian: [maˈriːa teˈrɛːza ɡoˈretti]; 16 October 1890 – 6 July 1902) was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. [1] She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and the family had to share a house with another family ...
For a nun whose name has long been a byword for pious compassion, her canonization has been met with controversy.
Maggie Gobran. Maggie Gobran in 2019. Maggie Gobran (Arabic: ماجي جبران) or Mama Maggie, is a Coptic Orthodox consecrated servant and the founder and CEO of the non-profit charity Stephen's Children in Cairo, Egypt. She was also professor of computer science at the American University in Cairo, is married and has a son and a daughter. [1]
Competition started young. Teresa, the third eldest of nine active children, started playing sports with her siblings at the neighborhood playground. ... she and her sons pore over old yearbooks ...