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By Marlene T. Elias
© 1999

The little girl who was destined to become one of the most famous women on earth, was born in a small village in Albania, Skopje.

Agnes was born on August 26th, 1910 to Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu.

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Nikola and Dronda wasted no time in getting their new little girl baptized, and the very next day the village priest greeted them at the village church, where he christened the baby, Agnes Gonxha. Her father called her his little Gonxha which means ‘flower bud’ (or ‘rosebud’), because of a special devotion to the “‘Little Flower” of Jesus, St.

Therese of Lisieux. He cherished his rosebud and showered her with love. She blossomed in that love and the love of her mother Dronda , and her older sister, Aga and older brother, Lazar.

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They were a most happy family.

Nikola provided them with a good life. He co-owned a construction company and they had two homes. In the little village o