NOBLEMAN

Maria Goretti

1890 - 1902

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Maria Teresa Goretti (Italian: [maˈriːa teˈrɛːza ɡoˈretti]; 16 October 1890 – 6 July 1902) was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and the family had to share a house with another family, the Serenellis. She took over household duties while her mother and siblings worked in the fields. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Goretti is the 172nd most popular nobleman (down from 138th in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from Italy (down from 786th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Nobleman.

Maria Goretti was a young Italian girl who was murdered by Alessandro Serenelli in 1902. She is most famous for her martyrdom and the fact that she forgave her murderer before she died.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Maria Goretti ranks 172 out of 1,415. Before her are Odo of France, Henry II of Jerusalem, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After her are Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Isabella d'Este, Jobst of Moravia, Setnakhte, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Maria Goretti ranks 28. Before her are Carlos Gardel, El Lissitzky, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Robert Ley, Franz Werfel, and Kurt Student. After her are Hermann Joseph Muller, Victor Lustig, Giorgio Morandi, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Eduard Dietl, and Fanny Kaplan. Among people deceased in 1902, Maria Goretti ranks 7. Before her are Émile Zola, Cecil Rhodes, Swami Vivekananda, Rudolf Virchow, Samuel Butler, and Levi Strauss. After her are Marie Henriette of Austria, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Albert of Saxony, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Ion Ivanovici, and Ernst Schröder.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maria Goretti ranks 838 out of 5,161. Before her are Alessandro Algardi (1595), Curzio Malaparte (1898), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Alexius of Rome (400), and Flavio Briatore (1950). After her are Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488), Andrea Pozzo (1642), François Grimaldi (1201), Federico da Montefeltro (1422), Rocco Siffredi (1964), and Marcus Atilius Regulus (-299).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Maria Goretti ranks 18. Before her are Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360), Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), Elisabeth Farnese (1692), Gaius Caesar (-20), and Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469). After her are Isabella d'Este (1474), Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533), Beatrice d'Este (1475), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), and Maximilian Sforza (1493).

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