St. Maria Goretti (painting 1929) Tags: Maria Goretti View |
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Maria Goretti (October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) is an Italian (Italy) virgin (Consecrated virgin)-martyr (Christian martyrs) of the Roman Catholic Church, and is one of its youngest canonized (canonization) saints. She died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by her attempted rapist (rape) after she refused him because of love of Jesus and her loyalty to the Ten Commandments.
Date of birth: 1890-10-16
Date of death: 1902-07-06
Feast Day: July 6
Venerated In: Roman Catholic Church
Birth Location: Corinaldo, Province of Ancona, Marche, Kingdom of Italy
Death Location: Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy
Titles: Virgin and Martyr
Beatified Date: April 27, 1947
Beatified Place: Rome
Beatified By: Pope Pius XII
Canonized Date: June 24, 1950
Canonized Place: Rome
Canonized By: Pope Pius XII
Attributes: Fourteen lilies; farmer's clothing; (occasionally) a knife
Patronage: Crime victims, teenage girls, modern youth, Children of Mary
Major Shrine: Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy
Issues: La Cascina Antica (right), the place of Maria's martyrdom (File:Cascina Antica.jpgthumbright)