Indian nationalized, Albanian nun. Born in an Albanian Catholic family, the deep religiosity of her mother awoke in her a missionary vocation at the age of twelve. Being still a girl, she entered the Confraternity of the Daughters of Mary, where she started her activity of assistance to those most in need.
Celebration | 5 of September Saints of the day |
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Name |
Teresa is a woman's name.
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Meaning | Cazadora, de origen Griego |
In the world | Gonhxa Agnés Bojaxhiu |
Birth | on August 26, 1910 in Skopje in current Macedonia, the former yugoslav republic of Saints born in Macedonia, the former yugoslav republic of |
Death | on September 5, 1997 in Calcuta in current India Saints dead in India |
Process |
Made venerable on December 20, 2002
by pope Blessed John Paul II
Beatified on October 19, 2003
by pope Blessed John Paul II
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