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Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu 26 August 1910 â 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Born in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, at the age of 18 she moved to Ireland and later to India, where she lived most of her life. On 4 September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.1963. Roland Palm ref 8-5-2 (Photo by Sjöberg BildbyrÃ¥/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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