Saint Of The Gutters Meaning

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Saint of the gutters meaning.

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. 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.

But the moral stature of mother teresa of calcutta who in two more days will be canonized and henceforth known as st. 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. Mother teresa was given many names throughout her life. When given the presidential medal of freedom in 1985 the plaque described her as the saint of the gutters there have been others who have risen from the gutters to receive such awards but she was the only one who went back to the gutters to live.

Founding the missionaries of charity a catholic order of nuns dedicated to helping the poor also known as. She died not long ago and was recently beatified the second step towards sainthood.