Who was a famous nun in the medieval ages?

Answer 1

You can go to WikipediA the free online encyclopedia to view this answer and to learn more about the work and life of Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa (Albanian: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; IPA: ['agnɛs 'gɔndʒa bɔ'jadʒu]) (August 26, 1910 - September 5, 1997) was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over forty years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. By the 1970s she had become internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary, and book, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counseling programs, orphanages, and schools. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa In modern times Mother Theresa of Calcutta was the most famous nun she was the only Sister to have ever been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . When a group of twenty five mixed gender British friends of mine between the ages of twenty five and seventy seven were asked the same question the majority of them twenty one of them agreed that Saint Mother Theresa was the most famous of all nuns and astonishlingly the remainding four argued that Mother Theresa is of the highest importance to the world yet few people know why she mas given Saint status nor do most people know anything about her life and even fewer people could tell you what her real name was yet the nun portrayed by Julie Andrews in the classic ninety sixty five movie The Sound of Music whose name is Maria is more known and that many more people could tell you a lot more about her life living with the Von Trap Family and even more of you could sing at least one line from thesong from the movie The hils are alive with the soundof music than theycould possibly know about Theresa which they stategves Maria thetitle of being the most famous of al nunsalthoughofcourse Mother Theresa is far far more important .

Answer 2

I would pick Hildegard of Bingen. She was expert in medicine and medicinal herbs, composed music that we can still hear because it was in notation we can still read, wrote on religious topics, and corresponded with monarchs. There is a link below.