Maria Goretti

Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting for an instant.

Birth Date: October 16, 1890
Birth Place: Italy
Death Date: July 6, 1902
Death Place: Italy
Feast Day: July 6
Canonized Date: June 24, 1950
Canonized By: Pope Pius XII
Date in Sisterhood of Saints: July 6
Links of Interest:
Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace and St. Maria Goretti
Official Prayer to St. Maria Goretti on a fan website for her