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Mother Maria Teresa Bojaxhiu or better known as Mother Teresa (birth name Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu), who was venerated as Saint Teresa of Calcutta by the Catholic Church after her canonization, was a Catholic nun and Indian missionary of Albanian descent.

Born : Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu August 26, 1910 Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (currently Skopje, North Macedonia)

Died : September 5, 1997 (aged 87) Calcutta, West Bengal, India (currently Kolkata, West Bengal, India)

Honored : in the Roman Catholic Church

Beatification : 19 October 2003, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican by Pope John Paul II

Canonized : September 2016, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican by Pope Francis

Place of pilgrimage : Missionaries of Charity Mother House, Calcutta, West Bengal, India