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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.
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 ).
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.
Sister Marie Agnès changed her name to Sister Marie of the Trinity and of the Holy Face [125] and Céline years later (on November 14, 1916) received permission (from Mother Agnes of Jesus (Pauline)) to change her name to "Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face and of Saint Teresa" [126] and is now most commonly known as Sr Genevieve of the Holy Face.
Theresia is the usual Dutch and German form of the name Teresa, and may refer to: Theresia of Dietrichstein (1768–1822), German countess and noted beauty; Edith Stein (1891–1942), also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, German Jewish philosopher, Roman Catholic nun, martyr and saint; Theresia Bauer (born 1965), German politician
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 ...
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Word/name: Greek: Meaning ... Tess is a feminine given name, typically a diminutive form of Theresa or Tessa. People. Tess Amorim (born 1994), Brazilian actress;