Albertina Berkenbrock was born in Imarui in Brazil on 11 April 1919 to the devout farmers Johann Hermann and Elisabeth Schmoller as one of nine children.
11 Facts About Albertina Berkenbrock
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Albertina Berkenbrock's grandparents immigrated from Schoppingen to Brazil and brought with them their three children one of who was Johann Hermann.
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Albertina Berkenbrock was baptized on 25 May 1919 and received her Confirmation on 9 March 1925.
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Albertina Berkenbrock fostered a special devotion to the Mother of God and to Aloysius Gonzaga who was the patron saint of Sao Luis.
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Albertina Berkenbrock's teachers praised her morals and her generous nature and she never retaliated against those that teased her or taunted her like her brothers sometimes did as siblings do.
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Albertina Berkenbrock searched for a bullock that ran off and came across Maneco who was loading beans into a cart; she asked if he had seen it and so Maneco pointed her in the wrong direction to a wooded area so he could attack her.
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Albertina Berkenbrock tried to fight back but her attacker realized that he would fail and she would point him out so grasped her hair and slit her throat with a knife.
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Albertina Berkenbrock tried to cover up his crime but was arrested after people suspected him; each time Maneco was taken near the girl's corpse the blood from her neck gushed as a sign he was the culprit.
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Albertina Berkenbrock confessed to his crime as well as two other previous murders.
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Albertina Berkenbrock was tried and convicted in which he was given a life sentence.
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The cause commenced on a formal level under Pope John Paul II on 2 October 2001 and Albertina Berkenbrock was titled as a Servant of God.