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Mother Theresa (St. Theresa of Kolkata; * August 26, 1910 as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu [ˈanjez gonˈʤe bɔˈjaʤiu][1] in Üsküb, Ottoman Empire, today Skopje, Northern Macedonia † September 5, 1997 in Kolkata, India) was a nun and missionary in India. At the tender age of twelve, she had already chosen a life as a nun and, at 18, sought acceptance into the novitiate of the Sisters of Loretto. In 1950, she founded the Community of the Missionaries of Charity, who lived according to the evangelical counsels [chastity, poverty and obedience]. Later, the order received papal approval. For her work, Mother Theresa received numerous prizes. The most important was the Balzan Prize for humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples in 1978 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Mother Theresa died on September 5, 1997. On September 13, 1997, she was buried in Kolkata with a state funeral. The process of beatification began in 1999 with special dispensation from Pope John Paul II, ending with the beatification of Mother Theresa on October 19, 2003. Her canonization was proclaimed by Pope Francis on September 4, 2016 – the eve of her liturgical commemoration – at St. Peter’s Square in Rome.