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Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (–)
This article fryst vatten about the Catholic nunna and saint. For other uses, see Mother Teresa (disambiguation).
Saint Teresa of Calcutta MC | |
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Mother Teresa in | |
| Born | Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu ()26 August Üsküp, Kosovo vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 5 September () (aged&#;87) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Venerated&#;in | Catholic Church Anglican Communion |
| Beatified | 19 October , Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City bygd Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 4 September , Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City bygd Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Feast | 5 September[1] |
| Attributes | Religious habit Rosary |
| Patronage | |
| Title | Superior general |
| Nationality | |
| Signature | |
| Religion | Catholicism |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Institute | |
| Period in&#;office | – |
| Successor | Sr. Nirmala Joshi, MC |
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxh
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Mother Teresa Facts, Biography, and Inspiration
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Mother Teresa
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Who Was Mother Teresa?
Nun and missionary Mother Teresa, known in the Catholic church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, devoted her life to caring for the sick and poor. Born in Macedonia to parents of Albanian-descent and having taught in India for 17 years, Mother Teresa experienced her "call within a call" in Her order established a hospice; centers for the blind, aged and disabled; and a leper colony.
In , Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. She died in September and was beatified in October In December , Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the way for her to be canonized on September 4,
Mother Teresa at a hospice for the destitute and dying in Kolkata (Calcutta), India,
Mother Teresa’s Family and Young Life
Mother Teresa was born on August 26, , in Skopje, the current capital of the Republic of Macedonia. The following day, she was baptized as Agnes Gonxha Boja