Madre Teresa de Calcutá by

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Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was born in Skopje, Macedonia on August 26, 1910.

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At age 18 she makes the choice for religious life and goes to India, where she teaches for 16 years in a religious college for rich girls.

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In 1944 she moved to Calcutta and started giving assistance to the poor and the sick, saying that she followed a call from God.

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In 1949 she founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity. The order is named City of Peace.

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Nowdays the order maintains missions in 111 countries, including Brazil.

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In 1979, she wins the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work.

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She was beatified on October 19, 2003, due to the miracle that happened to Monica Besra, an Indian woman who had been cured of a stomach tumor.

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Pope Francis proclaimed Mother Teresa of Calcutta as a saint on September 4, 2016.

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The canonization came after the Catholic Church recognized  the cure of Brazilian who was in a coma due to brain abscesses and hydrocephalus.

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She died of a heart attack in Calcutta at the age of 87.

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