Maria Goretti: (died 1902 A.D.) at age 12; born near Ancona; she was stabbed to death, preferring to die than be raped alive; with her mother present, she was canonized in 1950 A.D. before the largest crowd ever assembled in Rome for a canonization; patroness of teenage girls.
also on July 6:
- Romulus of Fiesole, bishop and martyr;
- Dominica, virgin and martyr;
- Sisoes;
- Goar;
- Sexburga, widow;
- Modwenna, virgin;
- Godelva, martyr
Sexburga (d. ca. 699 A.D.) is the daughter of King Anna of the East Angles and sister of Sts. Etheldreda, Ethelburga, Erconwald, and Withburga. She married King Erconbert in 640 A.D. In 664 A.D., her husband died but she finished Minster Monastery, which she had founded on Sheppey Island. She then went to Ely Abbey to succeed her sister Etheldreda as abbess there. It was here where she died.
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