Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian nun
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu MC, better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family. Wikipedia
Born: August 26, 1910, Skopje, North Macedonia
Died: September 5, 1997 (age 87 years), Kolkata, India
Place of burial: The Mother House Of The Missionaries Of Charity, Kolkata, India
Parents: Dranafile Bojaxhiu and Nikollë Bojaxhiu
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize, Bharat Ratna, Pope John XXIII Peace Prize, and more
Nationality: Albanian, Indian, and Yugoslavian
Height: 5′ 0″
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Mother Teresa (1910-1997), whose original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was born on August 27, 1910 in what is now Skopje, Macedonia.
