Devotional Candle - St. Maria Goretti by J. Lonneman
Regular Price
$25.50
Sale Price
$22.95
A fine art, giclée print adhered on a Will & Baumer Devotional Candle, 5-day, 6½" tall. Candle is clean burning, smoke-free and drip-free. Artist narrative included (not attached).
Maria, born into a poor family in Italy, never learned to read or write. At the age of twelve, she received her first communion, something that she had desired for a long time. Several months after her first communion, an 18 year-old who worked for her father named Alessandro seized Maria, taking her into a bedroom, and attempted to rape her. Maria resisted, reminding Alessandro that his rape of her would be a sin for him. Alessandro responded by stabbing Maria fourteen times. She was taken to the hospital, where she survived for twenty-four hours.
