Blessed Pierina Morosini

Memorial: 6 April
Profile: One of eight children in a poor family in the diocese of Bergamo, Italy. Trained as a seamstress, she began work in a fabric factory at age 15. A pious girl, she had made a private vow of chastity to God, and considered religious life, but continued to live at home to help her mother take care of the remaining children. Catechist. One day as she returned home from work, she was attacked by a would-be rapist, and died a martyr to chastity.
Born: 7 January 1931 at Fiobbio di Albino, Italy
Died: on 6 April 1957 of wounds received in a rape attempt at Fiobbio di Albino, Italy
Beatified: 4 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
Canonized: pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Pierina, contact
   Opera San Gregorio Barbarigo
   via Ghislanzoni 38
   241000 Bergamo, Italia
Patronage: rape victims
Additional Information: L'Osservatore Romano [italiano]
L'Osservatore Romano [italiano]
Louis Couëtte [polish]
Santi.Beati [italiano]
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