St Maria Goretti
Hello, I’m Maria Goretti, and I am an Italian virgin martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. My full name is Maria Teresa Goretti. I was born on October the 16th 1890 on the Eastern side of Italy. My parents were Assunta Goretti and Luigi Goretti. I was the third child of seven children, Antonio (who died in birth), Angelo, Maria, Mariano, Alessandro, Ersilia and little Teresa.I was baptised in the church of San Francesco in Corinaldo. Then I had my first holy communion, in the church of Conca, ( which is now called Borgo Montello ). My father passed away when I was only nine years of age, because he started to become sick with “malaria”. My family had to share a home with another family, the Serenellis. While my mother, brothers and my sister worked out on the fields, I stayed in to cook, sew and watch my baby sister, and I’d make sure the house was always clean. It was a difficult and challenging life, but my family has always been there for me.
Maria became famous because of her strong faith in God and Jesus.
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