Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa

Memorial

• 13 October

Profile

Lay woman from the diocese of Braga, Portugal. At age 14 Alexandrina jumped from a window to escape a rapist; she was injured in the fall, paralyzed, and was bed-ridden for the rest of her life. Member of the Salesian Cooperators. Mystic and visionary. The last 13 years of her life she had the gift of inedia, living solely off daily Communion.

Born

• 30 March 1904 at Balasar, Oporto, Portugal

Died

• 13 October 1955 at Balasar, Oporto, Portugal of natural causes

Venerated

• 12 January 1996 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 25 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Alexandrina, contact
     Rev. Pierluigi Cameroni, SDB
     Paróquia de Sta. Eulalia
     Rua Alexandrina Maria da Costa, 21
     4570-017 Balasar PVZ, PORTUGAL

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 October 2010. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-alexandrina-maria-da-costa/>