# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/teresa-merlo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:18:59.492Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/teresa-merlo"
name: "Teresa Merlo"
slug: "teresa-merlo"
description: "Maria Teresa Merlo – in religious life \"Tecla\" – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Daughters of Saint Paul that she established alongside Blessed Giacomo Alberione. Merlo was an indefatigable writer and traveler as she penned articles for her order and made visits across the world to communities that were established in nations such as the United States of America and Australia."
tagline: "Abbess of Daughter of St. Paul"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tecla_-_Maria_Teresa_Merlo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1894-02-20"
deathDate: "1964-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.7
  momentum:             19.47552447552448
  historical:           9.407452000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Teresa_Merlo"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "تيريزا ميرلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_Merlo"
    title: "Tecla Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_Merlo"
    title: "Tecla Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Teresa_Merlo"
    title: "Maria Teresa Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_Merlo"
    title: "Tecla Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_Merlo"
    title: "Tecla Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Merlo"
    title: "Teresa Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_Merlo"
    title: "Tecla Merlo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Тереза Мерло"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tekla_Merlo"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9357333"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump