St maria goretti feast day
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St. Maria Goretti
St. Maria Goretti is one of my favorite saints! She is often prayed to for peace, purity, forgiveness, and love.
On October 16, 1890, Maria Goretti was born into a poor family. She was one of the oldest of a big family. She was raised by devout Catholic parents and had very strong faith by a young age.
Her father decided to move to Colle Granturco with her family and they shared a small floor with the Serenellis. Giovanni Serenelli’s wife had passed away years before, which left him to care for his son, Alessandro, who was about 20. Alessandro began to inappropriately pursue Maria. Maria’s father passed away when she was nine, leaving Maria’s mother to work in the field with the Serenellis. That left all the housework and childcare up to Maria. Maria continued to pray, love, and work hard. When Alessandro began to make inappropriate and crude advances on her, Maria ran away a lot. Maria didn’t tell her mother about Alessandro, placing her trust in God instead.
On July 5, 1902, Alessandro returned from the fields early. He attempted to rape Maria, but she p
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Maria Goretti
Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church
For other uses, see Maria Goretti (disambiguation).
Saint Maria Goretti | |
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Portrait of Goretti, 1929 | |
| Born | (1890-10-16)16 October 1890 Corinaldo, Province of Ancona, Marche, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 6 July 1902(1902-07-06) (aged 11) Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 April 1947, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII[1] |
| Canonized | 24 June 1950, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII |
| Major shrine | Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Feast | 6 July (General Roman Calendar & Passionist Calendar) |
| Attributes | lily; farmer's clothing; martyr's palm |
| Patronage | Forgiveness, chastity, temptations to impurity, victims of rape, teenagers, modern youth, Children of Mary |
Maria Teresa Goretti (Italian:[maˈriːateˈrɛːzaɡoˈretti]; 16 October 1890 – 6 July 1902) was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized.[1] 1890–1902 Podcast channels: Quote:•
Main image public domain; featured: Pietro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsJuly 6: Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr—Optional Memorial
Patron Saint of young people (especially girls), rape victims, and the poor
Invoked for the grace of mercy and forgiveness
Canonized by Pope Pius XII on June 24, 1950
Liturgical Color: Red
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In the heroic testimony of the saint of Le Ferriere, her forgiveness of the man who killed her and her desire to be able to meet him one day in Heaven deserve special attention. This spiritual and social message is of extraordinary relevance in our time…The saint’s mother, for her part, pardoned him on behalf of the family in the hall of the tribunal where his trial was taking place. We do not know whether it was the mother who taught her daughter to forgive or the martyr’s forgiveness on her death-bed that determined her mother’s conduct. Yet it is certain that the spirit of forgiveness motivated relations within the whole Gor
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