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  • Mother Teresa

    Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (–)

    This article is about the Catholic nun and saint. For other uses, see Mother Teresa (disambiguation).

    Saint


    Teresa of Calcutta


    MC

    Mother Teresa in

    BornAnjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
    ()26 August
    Üsküp, Kosovo vilayet, Ottoman Empire
    Died5 September () (aged&#;87)
    Calcutta, West Bengal, India
    Venerated&#;inCatholic Church
    Anglican Communion
    Beatified19 October , Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
    Canonized4 September , Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis
    Major shrineMother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
    Feast5 September[1]
    AttributesReligious habit
    Rosary
    Patronage
    TitleSuperior general
    Nationality
    Signature
    ReligionCatholicism
    DenominationCatholic
    Institute
    Period in&#;office
    SuccessorSr. Nirmala Joshi, MC

    Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxh

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  • Teresa of Ávila

    Roman Catholic saint (–)

    For other people with a similar name, see List of saints named Teresa.

    Saint


    Teresa of Ávila


    OCD

    Saint Teresa of Ávila by Eduardo Balaca

    BornTeresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada
    28 March
    Ávila or Gotarrendura, Crown of Castile
    Died4 October () (aged&#;67)[a]
    Alba de Tormes, Crown of Castile
    Venerated&#;in
    Beatified24 April , Rome by Pope Paul V
    Canonized12 March , Rome by Pope Gregory XV
    Major shrineConvent of the Annunciation, Alba de Tormes, Spain
    Feast15 October
    AttributesCarmelite religious habit, biretta, quill, dove (as an attribute of the Holy Spirit), heart with a christogram
    PatronageSpain, sick people, people in religious orders, chess, people ridiculed for their piety, lacemakers; Požega, Croatia; Talisay, Cebu, Malalag, Davao del Sur, Carles, Iloilo, Philippines
    ControversyHer reforms met with determined opposition and interest from the Spanish In

    Life of St. Teresa of Avila

    St. Teresa of Avila, also known as St. Teresa of Jesus, was a prominent Spanish mystic and was born in Avila, Spain in  Teresa was a reformer of the Carmelite beställning and the foundress, with St. John of the Cross, of the Discalced Carmelites. 

    When Teresa was 14, her mother died, causing the girl a profound grief that prompted her to embrace a deeper devotion to the Virgin Mary as her spiritual mother. Teresa was a very talented young woman and at eighteen, a striking Spanish beauty. She decided to become a nun, but was unable to obtain her father's consent. When she was twenty, she left his house without his knowledge, to join the Carmelite Convent of Avila. Her father relented and she was professed the following year.

    God called her to be a saint early in her religious life, but she did not respond fully to this first call. During many years of trials and suffering, her perseverance in prayer and meditation on the Holy Bible prepared her soul for a lov