Teresa,
Mother (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910-97; Rom. Catholic missionary in India, born in Skopje, Albania (now in the country Macedonia)
Teresa,
Saint (1515-82); Sp. Carmelite nun: her day is Oct. 12
called
See Teresa in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(tə-rēˈsə, -zə, -rāˈ-), Mother 1910-1997.
Albanian-born Indian nun. Dedicated to relieving the suffering of India's desperately poor and dying people, she founded a Roman Catholic congregation of sisters, the Missionaries of Charity, in 1950. She won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.