St Teresa Of Calcutta Medal

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Manufacturer	Unbranded
Model Number	MED165

The St. Teresa of Calcutta Medal is a small, silver medal with a portrait of Saint Teresa of Calcutta on it. It is 2.5cm wide by 1.5cm wide. Saint Teresa was a religious nun who is best known for her work with the Missionaries of Charity, a Catholic charity organization. She was canonized in 2003 and beatified in 2003. She is also venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. The medal is made to commemorate World Youth Day, which is held every 4th of July.

St Teresa of Calcutta medal
2.5cm x 1.5cm wide

Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Mother Teresa


MC







Consecrated religious, nun

Born

Anjez* Gonxhe Bojaxhiu

26 August 1910

*skup,

Kosovo Vilayet

,

Ottoman Empire



(present-day

Skopje

,

North Macedonia

)


Died

5 September 1997(aged87)


Calcutta

,

West Bengal

,

India

(present-day

Kolkata

)

Veneratedin


Roman Catholic Church



Beatified


19 October 2003,

Saint Peter's Square

,

Vatican City

by

Pope John Paul II



Canonized


4 September 2016,

Saint Peter's Square

,

Vatican City

by

Pope Francis



Major

shrine



Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity,

Kolkata

,

West Bengal

,

India



Feast


5 September


[1]




Attributes



Nun's habit



Rosary



Patronage



World Youth Day



Missionaries of Charity



Archdiocese of Calcutta

(co-patron)


[2]




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