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Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta

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

Religious Order

Loreto Sisters

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.

Feast Days

September 5October 19
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