What is Maria Goretti?
[[Saint]] '''Maria Goretti''' (born [[Ancona]], [[Italy]], 1890-1902) is a Roman Catholic saint. She died of stab wounds when she was 11 after an attempted [[rape]], when she refused to submit to her attacker's demands. She is [[canonization|canonizated]] and remembered in the [[Catholic]] [[church]] on July 6. ==Other websites== *[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=78 Biography at Catholic online] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goretti, Maria}} [[Category:Christian saints]] [[Category:1890 births]] [[Category:1902 deaths]] [[Category:People from Ancona]]