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, at the age of 18 she moved to Ireland and later to India,... 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
Education: Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham (1928–1928)
Nationality: Albanian, Indian, and Yugoslavian
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