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Mother Teresa Bio Details
Full name
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Also known as
Blessed Teresa Of Calcutta
Sister Mary Teresa
The Saint Of The Gutter
The Saint Of The Slums
Gender
Female
Age
87
Date of birth
Birth place
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Date of death:
5 Sep 1997
Place of death
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Cause of death
Natural Causes
Occupations
Nun (1928 - 1997)
Continuing the spiritual journey
After her death in 1997, Mother Teresa was beatified by the Catholic Church - a process which requires the recognition of a miracle, in this case the healing of a woman who had an abdominal tumour. Following this, in 2015, a second miracle was recognised - the healing of a Brazilian man suffering with several brain tumours. This recognition is the next step toward being sainted.
A call within a call
Initially Mother Teresa worked as a teacher in St. Mary's School in Calcutta, but while on a train journey to the Himalayas she experienced 'a call within a call' telling her to abandon teaching to work in the slums of Calcutta and aid the city's poorest and sickest people. It took nearly 18 months of lobbying the church to be allowed to follow that divine instruction.
Rewards and recognition
During her life helping the poor, Mother Teresa has received a number of accolades, including the Gold Medal of the Soviet Peace Committee, the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, the Padma Shri, the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, the Bharat Ratna, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize, the Pacem in Terris Award, Companion of the Order of Australia, the UK Order of Merit and the Albanian Golden Honour of the Nation.
Nun famed for her work in the slums of Calcutta
Trivia
Mother Teresa Family
View Mother Teresa's Family Tree and History, Ancestry and Genealogy
Mother Teresa's parents:
Mother Teresa's father was Nikollë Bojaxhiu Mother Teresa's mother was Dranafile Bojaxhiu
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