Goretti, Maria, Saint, 1890-1902
Dates
- Existence: 1890 October 16 - 1902 July 6
Biographical note
Born at Corinaldo, near Ancona, Italy, she showed marked signs of youthful holiness. She was pursued by a youth inflamed with lustful desires for her. Finally, when all were working in the fields, he came upon her alone, but she died under the repeated blows of his knife rather than give way to him. Her canonization in 1950 was attended by her mother, family, and an enormous crowd.
(paraphrased from The Book of Saints : A Dictionary of Persons Canonized or Beatified by the Catholic Church. 5th edition. New York: Crowell, 1966.)
Alternate names
Mary Goretti, Maria Teresa Goretti
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dissociated relic certificates, 1923–1975
Includes certificates of authenticity for relics of Saints Ambrose, Aurelia, Bernadette Soubirous, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Laurence of Rome, Maria Goretti, Patrick, Peter Julian Eymard, Pius X, Richard of Chichester, Thérèse de Lisieux, and Vincenzo Maria Strambi.
Collection is open for research.
Saint Maria Goretti, 1947–1960, undated, bulk: 1926–1968
Relics in a variety of reliquaries, including badges, crucifixes, devotional wallets, lockets, and reliquary boxes.
Content notice
Some relics include fragmentary human remains.
Collection is open for research.