Her mother may have been from a village near Gjakova. He was born in Prizren (today in Kosovo), however, his family was from Mirdita (present-day Albania). Her father, who was involved in Albanian-community politics in Ottoman Macedonia, died in 1919 when she was eight years old. She was the youngest child of Nikollë and Dranafile Bojaxhiu (Bernai). She later considered 27 August, the day she was baptised, her "true birthday". She was baptised in Skopje, the day after her birth. Teresa was born Anjezë Gonxhe (or Gonxha) Bojaxhiu ( Albanian: Anjezë is a cognate of "Agnes" Gonxhe means "rosebud" or "little flower" in Albanian) on 26 August 1910 into a Kosovar Albanian family in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (now the capital of North Macedonia). Memorial House of Mother Teresa in her native Skopje Francis Xavier were named co-patrons of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta. Her authorized biography was written by Navin Chawla and published in 1992, and she has been the subject of films and other books. She was praised and criticized on various counts, such as for her views on abortion and contraception, and was criticized for poor conditions in her houses for the dying.
A controversial figure during her life and after her death, Teresa was admired by many for her charitable work.
She was canonised on 4 September 2016, and the anniversary of her death (5 September) is her feast day. Teresa received a number of honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and also profess a fourth vow – to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor." It also runs soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counselling programmes, as well as orphanages and schools. The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. In 1950, Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation that had over 4,500 nuns and was active in 133 countries in 2012. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life. She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian- Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. Honorary American citizenship (awarded 1996)
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