Worshippers watch as the relics of St. Maria Goretti are carried into St. John Cantius Church, 825 N. Carpenter St., on Oct. 12. The relics, which include most of the Italian child saint's skeleton, are encased in a wax statue that is enclosed in a glass casket. The youngest canonized saint, the 11-year-old Maria Goretti died July 6, 1902, after being stabbed numerous times in an attempted rape.
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