Mother Teresa

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Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary renowned for her lifelong service to the poor and sick, particularly in Kolkata, India, and is widely regarded as a global symbol of compassion and charity.


Statements (58)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic nun
human
missionary
saint
alsoKnownAs Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
awardReceived Bharat Ratna
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
Nobel Peace Prize
Order of Merit
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding
Templeton Prize
baptismDate 1910-08-27
beatificationDate 2003-10-19
beatifiedBy Pope John Paul II
BharatRatnaYear 1980
birthDate 1910-08-26
birthName Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Skopje
present-day North Macedonia
burialPlace Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata
canonizationDate 2016-09-04
canonizedBy Pope Francis
causeOfDeath heart failure
countryOfCitizenship India
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Ottoman Empire
deathDate 1997-09-05
deathPlace India
Kolkata
ethnicGroup Albanian
familyName Bojaxhiu
founded Missionaries of Charity
foundingDateOfFoundedOrganization 1950-10-07
fullName Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu
gender female
givenName Anjezë
languageSpoken Albanian
Bengali
English
motto Do small things with great love
NobelPeacePrizeYear 1979
notableIdea service to the poorest of the poor
notableWork care for the sick and dying
charitable work among the poor in Kolkata
occupation headmistress
humanitarian
missionary
teacher
placeOfActivity Albania
India
Kolkata
religion Catholic Church
religiousName Teresa
religiousOrder Sisters of Loreto
residence Kolkata
veneratedIn Catholic Church


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