Her family called her gonxha her professed name was sister teresa of the child jesus and the poor she served called her the slum sister and the sister of the gutters but she was first known as agnes which was the name her parents gave her.
Saint of the gutters meaning.
Mother teresa was given many names throughout her life.
Founding the missionaries of charity a catholic order of nuns dedicated to helping the poor also known as.
Saint of the gutter 09 02 2016 06 40 am et she was a tiny woman and old age and hard work bent her back so that she looked even smaller.
26 1910 in üsküp kosovo vilayet ottoman empire parents.
There is no patron saint of gutters.
Agnes gonxha bojaxhiu birth name the saint of the gutters born.
Saint of gutters means the holy person who wanders about the dirty and filthy streets or gutters looking for the sick the dying and the neglected in order to administer and take care of them forgetting all about personal comforts.
She died not long ago and was recently beatified the second step towards sainthood.
But the moral stature of mother teresa of calcutta who in two more days will be canonized and henceforth known as st.
Roman catholic answerblessed theresa of calcutta was called the saint of the gutters.