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Key facts
- 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
- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Corinaldo
- Place of death
- Nettuno
- Occupation
- agricultural worker
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Christianity
- Image
- Photograph of Saint Maria Goretti, 1902.jpg
- Religious order
- Passionists
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- Maria Goretti
- date of birth
- 1890-10-16
- date of death
- 1902-07-06
- feast day
- July 6
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- Maria Goretti
- canonization status
- Venerable
- different from
- Maria Goretti
- subject has role
- martyr
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Encyclopedic overview
La Cascina Antica (right), the Goretti home (currently under the care of the Passionist sisters)
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. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maria Goretti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.