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Maria Goretti

Religious Leader born on

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Profession
Religious Leader
Died
Jul 6, 1902
Zodiac
Libra
Born in
Italy
About
Regarded as a Roman Catholic saint and martyr, this Italian woman was murdered at the age of eleven by an acquaintance after resisting the man's attempt at assault and therefore, in her church's view, saving both herself and the man from the mortal sin of premarital physical relations.
Family
Born in Corinaldo in eastern Italy, she relocated with her farmer parents to Nettuno, western Italy, when she was six years old. Her parents, Luigi Goretti and Assunta Carlini, had six other children: Angelo, Antonio, Mariano, Ersilia, Teresa, and Alessandro.

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