TIGERX.COM Memorial: Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)

Mother Teresa
(Born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)

August 1910 - - - September 5, 1997

Born in Greece, she became the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa was considered a living saint. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for travelling around the world helping the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa had been fighting fighting heart problems, pneumonia and other diseases since 1989 and was warned to give up her hectic schedule. She continued just as hard as ever and died in her quarters at Roman Catholic headquarters in Calcutta, India.

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