Antonia Mesina
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.... Wikipedia
Born: June 21, 1919, Orgosolo, Italy
Died: May 17, 1935 (age 15 years), Orgosolo, Italy
Beatified: 4 October 1987, Saint Peter's Square by Pope John Paul II
Feast: 17 May