Antonia Mesina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian saint
Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1919
Place of Birth: Orgosolo, Sardinia, Italy
Date of Death: 17-May-1935
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Antonia Mesina
- Blessed Antonia Mesina (21 June 1919 - 17 May 1935) was an 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.Her beatification cause commenced under Pope John Paul I on 22 September 1978 - titled as a Servant of God - while Pope John Paul II confirmed that she had died "in defensum castitatis" and beatified her on 4 October 1987.
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