Maria Goretti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maria Goretti

Italian saint

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1890

Place of Birth: Corinaldo, Marche, Italy

Date of Death: 06-Jul-1902

Profession: child actor

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Maria Teresa Goretti (Italian pronunciation: [ma'ri?a te'r??za go'retti]; October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized.
She was born to a farming family.
Her father died when she was nine, and they had to share a house with another family, the Serenellis.
Maria took over household duties while her mother, brothers, and sister worked in the fields.
One afternoon, Alessandro, the Serenellis' twenty-year-old son, made sexual advances to her.
When she refused to submit to him, he stabbed her fourteen times.
She was taken to the hospital but she died forgiving him.
He was arrested, convicted, and jailed.
During imprisonment he repented.
After 27 years he was released from prison and visited her mother to beg forgiveness, which she granted.
He later became a lay brother in a monastery, dying in 1970.
She was beatified in 1947, and canonized in 1950.
She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the Passion (Passionists).