SAINT
saint-antonia-mesina
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Antonia Mesina was a 15 year old Italian Roman Catholic and part of Catholic Action. Mesina was murdered in mid-1935 after she attempted to fend off a would-be rapist and suffered 74 strikes with a stone before she died. She was beatified in 1987.
feast Day
05-17
birth Date
21 June 1919
death Date
1935-05-17
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
5
feast Day Of Month
17