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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ST. MARIA GORETTIE
PATRON ST. OR RAPE VICTIMS, YOUTH AND PURITY
EARLY LIFE
- BORN INTO POVERTY.
- HER FAMILY MOVED ACROSS ITALY WHEN SHE WAS JUST 6 YEARS OLD.
- 3 YEARS LATER HER FATHER DIED.
- DURING THIS TIME HER NEIGHBOR, ALESSANDRO, DEVOLVED A IMPURE LIKING TO MARIA.
- AFTER MANY MONTHS, ALESSANDRO FORCED HIMSELF ON HER.
TRAGEDY
- When she was 11 Alessandro forced himself on her.
- Even though she did prevent him from violating her, Alessandro stabbed her multiple times.
- She died the next day.
- Her last words were "I forgive Alessandro Serenelli and I want him in heaven with me forever."
FUN FACTS
- Youngest canonized Saint.
- Her right arm is in a church by her hometown.
- All her other bones are in a wax sculpture of her.
