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Nikollë Bojaxhiu (c. 1872 – 1919), also known as Nikola Bojaxhiu was an Albanian businessman, benefactor, politician and the father of the Roman Catholic nun and missionary Mother Teresa.
Nikollë Bojaxhiu ( c. 1872 – 1919), also known as Nikola Bojaxhiu was an Albanian businessman, benefactor, politician and the father of the Roman Catholic nun and missionary Mother Teresa.
She was the youngest child of Nikollë and Dranafile Bojaxhiu (Bernai). Her father, who was involved in Albanian-community politics in Ottoman North Macedonia, died in 1919 when she was eight years old. He was born in Prizren (today in Kosovo), however, his family was from Mirdita (present-day Albania).
Feb 10, 2019 · “I discovered that Mother Teresa (born in 1910 as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) had lost her father at the age of nine — and she had adored him. With his death she was shocked because there was such a void in her life.” Nikollë Bojaxhiu was “killed because he was an Albanian patriot”, Alpion said.
Aug 9, 2022 · Memories of Nikollë Bojaxhiu, on the day of his death on August 2, 1919. Kolë or Nikolë Bojaxhiu was born in Prizren in 1873, three years after the ceremonial opening and blessing of the “Our Lady Help” cathedral and five years before the League of Prizren. He was baptized in the same cathedral.
May 12, 2022 · Nikollë Bojaxhiu was the father of the celebrated Roman Catholic nun and missionary Mother Teresa of Calcutta. He was a Kosovo Albanian, born in around 1874 in Prizren, Kosovo, then part of the Ottoman Empire.
Sep 17, 2008 · Answer: Mother Teresa was born on 26 August 1910 as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Uskup (now Skopje), Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia). She was baptised on 27 August. Question: What were the names of Mother Teresa’s family members? Answer: Mother Teresa was the third child of Albanian grocer Nikola Bojaxhiu and his wife Drane. She had an older ...
