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Jul 5, 2017 · Assunta Goretti, the mother of St. Maria Goretti, prays at her daughter's canonization Mass in 1950. The crowd that attended Maria's canonization, estimated at 500,000, was the largest ever up to that point in the Church's history.
Maria Teresa Goretti (Italian: [maˈriːa teˈrɛːza ɡoˈretti]; 16 October 1890 – 6 July 1902) was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized.
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Jul 6, 2020 · Today we celebrate the life of the great martyr Saint Maria Goretti, an eleven year old Italian peasant girl who fought and died defending her virginity against an assault from her neighbor, Alessandro Serenelli.
Christmas 1934: At Corinaldo, he asks for, and receives forgiveness from, Assunta Goretti for murdering her daughter. 1937: Enters the Franciscan Cappuchins at the Santuary of Our Lady of Ambro-Armandola. 1938-1941: Testifies to the heroic virtue and true martyrdom of Maria Goretti for the diocesan inquiry for the cause of her Beatification.
Timeline of Events. October 16, 1890: Maria Goretti is born in Corinaldo, Italy, to Luigi Goretti and Assunta Carlini. October 17, 1890: She is baptized in the Church of San Francesco in Corinaldo with the names, Maria Teresa. October 4, 1896: She receives the Sacrament of Confirmation by Bishop Giulio Boschi, the Bishop of Senigallia.
Apr 21, 2016 · An Astounding Mercy: The conversion of the man who killed St. Maria Goretti. Raymond P. Roden April 21, 2016. The quake that struck Sicily was the worst in the history of Europe, with over 100,000 ...
Oct 21, 2004 · Maria was stabbed on the afternoon of the Vigil of the Precious Blood and died on the Feast Day. Although she was dying a martyr for Purity, the church, in the person of the same priest who gave her First Holy communion (and was privileged to give her Last), asked of her a second martyrdom: Charity.
