14 Facts About Pierina Morosini

Pierina Morosini was an Italian Roman Catholic from Bergamo.

Pierina Morosini's beatification was held on 4 October 1987 in Saint Peter's Basilica.

Pierina Morosini was born in Fiobbio on 7 January 1931 as the first of nine children to the farmers Rocco Morosini and Sara Noris.

Pierina Morosini's baptism was celebrated on 8 January 1931 in the local parish church in the name of "Pierina Eugenia".

Pierina Morosini received her confirmation on 10 January 1937 from the Bishop of Bergamo Adriano Bernareggi and made her First Communion in May 1938.

Pierina Morosini lived her childhood near the mountains during World War II and soon became a member of Catholic Action in 1942 where she became an active member.

Pierina Morosini later became a seamstress on 18 March 1946 after the conflict and worked in a textile plant in Albino.

Pierina Morosini left her village once in her entire life in order to attend the beatification of Maria Goretti in Rome in 1947 and made the pilgrimage there with other Catholic Action members from 25 to 30 April.

Pierina Morosini began to wear the Brown scapular and joined the Third Order of Saint Francis while her 1950 attempt to convince her parents to allow her to join a religious order in Bergamo failed.

Pierina Morosini attempted to defend herself and she was beaten to death with stones in which her skull was smashed.

Pierina Morosini's brother found her in a pool of blood and called for help and she was rushed to hospital at once.

Pierina Morosini died without regaining consciousness at the Bergamo hospital on 6 April 1957 from her injuries.

Pierina Morosini's remains were later relocated on 10 April 1983.

Pope John Paul II confirmed that Pierina Morosini had died "in defensum castitatis" and therefore beatified Pierina Morosini on 4 October 1987 in Saint Peter's Basilica.