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{{short description|Italian murder victim and saint}}
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|namehonorific_prefix=[[Beatification|Blessed]]<br>
|name=Antonia Mesina
|birth_date=21 June 1919
|death_date={{death date and age|1935|05|17|1919|06|21|df=yes}}
|feast_day=[[17 May]]
|venerated_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]]
|image= B. Antonia Mesina.jpg
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|birth_place=[[Orgosolo]], [[Sardinia]], [[Kingdom of Italy]]
|death_place=Orgosolo, Sardinia, Kingdom of Italy
|titles=[[Virgin (title)|Virgin]] and [[Christian martyr|martyr]]
|titles=Laywoman; Martyr
|beatified_date=4 October 1987
|beatified_place=[[Saint Peter's Square]], [[Vatican City]]
|beatified_by=[[Pope John Paul II]]
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[[Beatification|Blessed]] '''Antonia Mesina''' (21 June 1919 - {{spnd}}17 May 1935) was ana 15 year old [[Italian people|Italian]] [[Roman Catholic Church|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.<ref name=SQPN>{{cite web|url=http://catholicsaints.info/blessed-antonia-mesina/|title=Blessed Antonia Mesina|publisher=Saints SQPN|date=8 April 2015|accessdate=13 October 2016}}</ref><ref name=SV>{{cite web|url=http://www.savior.org/saints/antonia.htm|title=Blessed Antonia Mesina|date=|publisher=Savior|accessdate=13 October 2016}}</ref> She was beatified in 1987.
 
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.<ref name=SEB>{{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53700|title=Blessed Antonia Mesina|date=|publisher=Santi e Beati|accessdate=13 October 2016}}</ref>▼
 
==Life==
Antonia Mesina was born on 21 June 191919 as the second of ten children born to the poor policeman Agostino Mesina and Grazia Rubanu. She was [[baptized]] in the local parish church of Saint Peter.<ref name=SEB/> She received her Confirmation on 10 November 1920 and received her [[First Communion]] in 1926 from the local bishop.
 
Once she completed her initial education - which spanned a brief period of time - she took over housekeeping at home in order to assist her bedridden mother who suffered from a heart condition. She took care of the household including the care of her siblings as well as cooking and cleaning and washing.<ref name=SV/> Mesina joined [[Azione Cattolica|Catholic Action]] movement in 1929 and became a noted recruiter.<ref name=SQPN/> Mesina liked to be part of this movement and believed that it "helps one to be good".
 
Mesina set off for [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] one morning with a friend and after that went to gather firewood in mid-1935 when the19 teenageryear old Giovanni Ignazio Catigu (1916-19351937) attacked her and tried to rape her. Her friend screamed and ran off to find help. Mesina managed to escape twice, but on theher third attempt washe knocked her down. Mesina defended herself and wasCatigu murdered because she resisted his advancesviolence, andstriking was struckher with a rock 74 times.<ref name=SQPN/><ref name=SV/> HerMesina’s remains were examined after her death and it wasautopsy found thatseventy-four shewounds, hadbut notno beentrace violatedof during or after the violent attack. The last blow to her smashed the skull and disfigured her facerape.<ref name=SEB/> Catigu was soon apprehended and on 27 April 1937 sentenced to death; the firing squad executed him on the following 5 August.
 
On 5 October 1935 the Catholic Action member [[Venerable]] [[Armida Barelli]] -, who had met Mesina once -, met with [[Pope Pius XI]] and informed him of Mesina's activism and her murder.<ref name=SEB/>
 
==Beatification==
▲HerThe beatification causeprocess commenced underin the [[PopeRoman JohnCatholic PaulDiocese Iof Nuoro|Diocese of Nuoro]] on 2217 SeptemberApril 19781979 -and titledclosed asit aon [[Servant11 ofMarch God]] - while1985. [[Pope John Paul II]] confirmedapproved the fact that sheMesina had died "in defensum castitatis" on 8 May 1987 and beatifiedtherefore of approved her beatification. He beatified Mesina on 4 October 1987 in [[Saint Peter's Square]].<ref name=SEB>{{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/53700|title=Blessed Antonia Mesina|date=|publisher=Santi e Beati|accessdate=13 October 2016}}</ref>
The beatification process opened on 22 September 1978 under [[Pope John Paul I]] and Mesina was henceforth titled as a [[Servant of God]] after the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] issued the official "[[nihil obstat]]" to the cause. The cause commenced in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuoro|Diocese of Nuoro]] on 17 April 1979 after Bishop Giovanni Melis Fois inaugurated the cognitional process and later closed it on 11 March 1985 before the cause received the validation from the C.C.S. on 7 March 1986.
 
The postulation overseeing the cause compiled and sent the [[Positio]] dossier to the C.C.S. in 1986 for assessment which allowed for theologians to review and approve it on 13 January 1987 with the C.C.S. doing the same on 7 March 1987. [[Pope John Paul II]] approved the fact that Mesina had died "in defensum castitatis" on 8 May 1987 and therefore of approved her beatification. John Paul II beatified Mesina on 4 October 1987 in [[Saint Peter's Square]].
 
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