A general view of St Peter square during Mother Teresa of Calcutta canonization ceremony  at the Vatican, 04 September 2016.  The Mother Teresa of Calcutta canonization ceremony will take place on 04 September 2016. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on 26 August 1910 to Albanian parents in Skopje, Macedonia. She began her missionary work with the poor in Calcutta in 1948, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Following her death in 1997 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.ANSA/ANGELO CARCONI (ANSA via AP)