Mother Teresa
Also known as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
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Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun who spent her life as a missionary, most notably working with the poor in Calcutta, India from 1948 onward. She founded the Missionaries of Charity organization and became one of the most prominent religious figures of the 20th century, though her legacy remains subject to both widespread admiration and significant criticism.
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- Mother Teresa: For the Love of God? — Self (Archival Footage)2022
- Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger — Self (archive footage)2014
- Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion — Self1997
- Hell's Angel — Self (archive footage)1994
- Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage)1993
- Mother Teresa — Self1986
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
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Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu ( Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.
Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she was raised in a devoutly Catholic family. At the age of 18, she moved to Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto and later to India, where she lived most of her life and carried out her missionary work. On 4 September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is now observed as her feast day.
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