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Mother Teresa
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Noun1.Mother Teresa - Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia)Mother Teresa - Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Mother Theresa, Teresa, Theresa
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Born Agnes Bojaxhiu, she took the name Sister Teresa in Ireland, where she began her training as a nun with the Loreto Sisters.
Two die as IRA triggers bomb at London Hilton by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
From Skopje in Macedonia, Mother Teresa - real name Agnes Bojaxhiu - founded her order in 1948 and went to work in the slums of Calcutta.
RememberWhen? 1997 Email your nostalgia pictures for this daily ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
Born Agnes Bojaxhiu (1910) in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire, she took the name Sister Teresa in Ireland, where she began her training as a nun with the Loreto Sisters.
Letter: A depth of kindness by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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