Rachelina Ambrosini
Italian teenager who is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church
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| Intro | Italian teenager who is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church | |
| Places | Italy | |
| was | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 2 July 1925, Pietradefusi, Province of Avellino, Campania, Italy | |
| Death | 10 March 1941Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy (aged 15 years) |
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Venerable Rachelina Ambrosini (2 July 1925 – 10 March 1941) was an Italian teenager who is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church.
Rachelina Ambrosini was distinguished by her great piety from an early age. She was outgoing, intelligent, gentle and obedient and was educated in Catholic schools and in a devout Catholic family. When she was eleven years old, her father became severely ill and the girl offered her own life in exchange for his in her prayers. Her father recovered.
Rachelina Ambrosini developed purulent otitis, a severe ear infection, in 1941. She predicted the date of her own death and died after receiving extreme unction.