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Mother Teresa of Calcutta wearing her white sari with blue stripes, shown in profile at the World Conference of the International Women's Year in Mexico City, 1975.
Mother Teresa, 1975 Many Roman Catholics regarded Mother Teresa as a living saint. She died in 1997 and was canonized by Pope Francis in 2016, becoming St. Teresa of Calcutta.

Mother Teresa

Roman Catholic nun
Also known as: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Mother Teresa, Saint Mother Teresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta(Show More)
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Mother Teresa (baptized August 27, 1910, Skopje, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire [now in North Macedonia]—died September 5, 1997, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India; canonized September 4, 2016; feast day September 5) was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to the poor, particularly to the destitute of India. She was the recipient of numerous honors, including the 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace. Long regarded as a “living...

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