Bl. Alexandrina Maria da Costa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Bl. Alexandrina Maria da Costa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Bl. Alexandrina Maria da Costa, Roman Catholic Laywoman. On Holy Saturday of 1918, Alexandrina Maria da Costa, a fourteen-year-old native of Balasar, Portugal, was sewing when three men broke into her home, threatening to violate her chastity. Resolute to preserve her purity, she fled by jumping out a window. The thirteen-foot plunge to the ground crippled her for life. Feast day is October 13th.
Bl. Alexandrina Maria da Costa, Roman Catholic Laywoman. On Holy Saturday of 1918, Alexandrina Maria da Costa, a fourteen-year-old native of Balasar, Portugal, was sewing when three men broke into her home, threatening to violate her chastity. Resolute to preserve her purity, she fled by jumping out a window. The thirteen-foot plunge to the ground crippled her for life. Feast day is October 13th.
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