Blessed Antonia Mesina
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- Also known as
- Antonia Messina
- Memorial
- 17 May
- Profile
- Second of ten children born to a peasant family.
She received only four years of school, quitting to take over housekeeping from her mother, Grazia, who was bed-ridden with a heart condition.
Joined Catholic Action at age ten, becoming an active and lively member and recruiter.
At age 16, while out gathering wood for home, she was beaten and murdered by a teenage would-be rapist, fighting him off to her last breath; considered a martyr to purity.
- Born
- 21 June 1919 in Orgosolo, Sardinia
- Died
- martyred on 17 May 1935
- Venerated
- 8 May 1987 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- Sunday 4 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Antonia, contact:
Vicepostulazione
Via Macciotta 25
08100 Nuoro, ITALY
- Patronage
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martyrs;
rape victims
- Additional Information
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Azinoe Cattolica italiano
Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon deutsch
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Santi e Beati italiano
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