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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.
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.
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.
Teresa of Jesus remains popular with the estimated 100 000 pilgrims who visit on an annual basis the shrine where her remains are venerated in the Shrine of Saint Teresa of Los Andes in Los Andes. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] The nun is Chile's first saint and is popular more so among women and adolescents.
Edith Stein OCD (in religion Teresa Benedicta of the Cross; 12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942) was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. Edith Stein was murdered in the gas chamber at Birkenau on 9 August 1942, and is canonized as a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church ; she is also ...
Before Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Trump compared himself to the late South African anti-Apartheid icon in April, a man who spent 27 years in jail as part of his fight for equality.
Pope Francis proclaimed Mother Teresa of Calcutta a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, 19 years after her death.
According to Mother Teresa, Henriette "won all hearts by her natural gentleness and affection, as might a real mother". [32] Like Mother Teresa, Henriette wrote verses and was a talented artist; some of her works have also been preserved at the Carmels of Compiègne and Sens. [32] Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified (Marie-Anne Piedcourt).