Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Also known as: Mother Teresa; Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Saint of the Gutters; Teresa of Kolkata
Feast Day
5 September; 19 October (Mother Teresa public holiday in Albania)
Born
26 August 1910 in Skopje, Albania (modern Macedonia)
Died
5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India of natural causes
Canonized
4 September 2016 by Pope Francis; canonization celebrated in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy; the canonization miracle involved the healing of brain abscesses of a comatose 42 year old mechanical engineer in Santos, Brazil in 2008
Beatified
19 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II; beatification celebrated in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy; the beatification miracle involved the healing of an incurable tumor in an Indian woman
Venerated
20 December 2002 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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