Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Also known as: Mother Teresa; Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Saint of the Gutters; Teresa of Kolkata
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
September 5
Born
August 26, 1910
Died
September 5, 1997
Canonized
4 September 2016 by Pope Francis
Beatified
19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Saint Teresa of Calcutta, also known as Mother Teresa, was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Albania (now modern Macedonia). She was the daughter of an Albanian businessman who tragically passed away when she was only nine years old.
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