Pierina Morosini
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Pierina Morosini was born in Fiobbio
, a frazione
of Albino, Bergamo
, Italy
on 7 January 1931 to farmers Rocco Morosini and Sara Noris.
The first of nine children, Morosini grew up in a small village near the mountains in very difficult time during World War II
. She soon became a member of Catholic Action
.
Pierina became a seamstress, like many other young women of Fiobbio, in a textile plant in Albino. She left her village only once in her life, to attend the beatification of Maria Goretti
in Vatican City
.
On 4 April 1957, 26-year-old Pierina was walking home and a man came up to her. He made lewd comments to her and tried to rape her. Pierina attempted to defend herself and she was beaten to death by him with stones.
process was closed in 1976 by bishop Clemente Gaddi
.
Pope John Paul II
declared Pierina blessed on 4 October 1987 in St. Peter's Basilica
.
Fiobbio
Fiobbio is a village in the province of Bergamo in Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Albino.-References:* Commune of Fiobbio web site http://www.guidacomuni.it/Schedaloc.asp?ID=11462...
, a frazione
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
of Albino, Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
on 7 January 1931 to farmers Rocco Morosini and Sara Noris.
The first of nine children, Morosini grew up in a small village near the mountains in very difficult time during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. She soon became a member of Catholic Action
Catholic Action
Catholic Action was the name of many groups of lay Catholics who were attempting to encourage a Catholic influence on society.They were especially active in the nineteenth century in historically Catholic countries that fell under anti-clerical regimes such as Spain, Italy, Bavaria, France, and...
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Pierina became a seamstress, like many other young women of Fiobbio, in a textile plant in Albino. She left her village only once in her life, to attend the beatification of Maria Goretti
Maria Goretti
Maria Goretti is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, and is one of its youngest canonized saints. She died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by her attempted rapist after she refused him...
in Vatican City
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
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On 4 April 1957, 26-year-old Pierina was walking home and a man came up to her. He made lewd comments to her and tried to rape her. Pierina attempted to defend herself and she was beaten to death by him with stones.
Beatification
The Diocesan trial of her beatificationBeatification
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...
process was closed in 1976 by bishop Clemente Gaddi
Clemente Gaddi
Clemente Gaddi was an Italian prelate that was bishop of Bergamo in the years after the Second Vatican Council.- Life :Born in Mandello del Lario and on 1926 he was ordinaied priest.From 1926 to 1953 he worked as professor of the seminary of Como and then prevost of Cernobbio.In 1953 pope Pius XII...
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
declared Pierina blessed on 4 October 1987 in St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter , officially known in Italian as ' and commonly known as Saint Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. Saint Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world...
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