Maria Goretti
Italian saint · Italy · Lived 1890 to 1902 · aged 11
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Something wrong?Maria Teresa Goretti was 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 the family had to share a house with another family, the Serenellis.
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La Cascina Antica (right), the Goretti home (currently under the care of the Passionist sisters)
The only known photograph of Maria Goretti, dated to early 1902
A statue of Maria in peasant garb holding lilies and a knife
Maria's major relics on display at St. Joseph Cathedral (Columbus, Ohio)
Church of Santa Maria Goretti, Rome
A large Catholic elementary school with over 1000 pupils in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is named in her honor.About this person
Maria Teresa Goretti was 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 the family had to share a house with another family, the Serenellis. She took over household duties while her mother and siblings worked in the fields.
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