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She was known as the 'Saint of the Gutters.'
She became known as "The Saint of the Gutters."
She was often known as "The Saint of the Gutters."
She was sometimes known as the 'Saint of the Gutters.'
Mother Teresa's full name:Agnes Gonxha BojaxhiuAgnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
She was born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu and is sometimes known as the Saint of the Gutters.
There is no patron saint of gutters. However, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta was sometimes referred to as the Saint of the Gutters because she would wander the streets of Calcutta, India, looking for the sick and dying to take back to her hospital to care for them and see to it that they did not die alone and forgotten on the streets. Mother Teresa has not yet been canonized.
Dranafile Bojaxhiu was the name of Mother Teresa's mother.
When Mother Teresa began her ministry in Calcutta, India, she would search the streets and gutters for the sick and those left to die in the gutters and take them to her hospice. There they were cleaned, provided a bed and food and allowed to dei with some dignity.
Mother Teresa has been beatified but not yet declared a saint.
DescriptionMary Teresa Bojaxhiu, commonly known as Mother Teresa and honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary
Mother Teresa has not yet been canonized as a saint and has only been beatified.