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{{Short description|Romanian member of the Third order of Saint Francis}}
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'''Veronica Antal''' (7 December 1935 - 24 August 1958) was a [[Romanian people|Romanian]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] professed member from the [[Secular Franciscan Order]] and member of the [[Militia Immaculatae]].<ref name=CON>{{cite web|publisher=Order of Friars Minor Conventual Romania|access-date=28 January 2018|title=The Process of Canonization of the Servant of God Veronica Antal|url=http://canonizari.ofmconv.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vaen.pdf}}</ref><ref name=SEB>{{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92437|title=Servant of God Veronica Antal|publisher=Santi e Beati|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> Antal was known for her strong faith and her love for the [[Mother of God]]; she had long desired to enter the religious life as a [[nun]] but settled on the Secular Franciscans after the communist regime suppressed [[convents]] and [[monasteries]] in [[Romania]]. Since her death she has been known as both "Saint Veronica" and has also been titled as the "Maria Goretti of Romania" due to the manner of her death similar to that of [[Maria Goretti|Goretti]].<ref name=CNA>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/two-20th-century-martyrs-move-toward-beatification-69682|date=27 January 2018|access-date=27 January 2018|title=Two 20th-century martyrs move toward beatification}}</ref><ref name=NCR>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/in_moldavia_romania_an_ancient_faith_struggle_with_modern_changes|title=In Moldavia, Romania, an Ancient Faith Struggle With Modern Changes|date=18 January 2004|author=Chuck Todaro|publisher=National Catholic Register|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=SEB/>
'''Veronica Antal''' (7 December [[1935 in Romania|1935]] &ndash; 24 August [[1958 in Romania|1958]]) was a [[Romania]]n [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] professed member from the [[Secular Franciscan Order]] and member of the [[Militia Immaculatae]].<ref name=CON>{{cite web|publisher=Order of Friars Minor Conventual Romania|access-date=28 January 2018|title=The Process of Canonization of the Servant of God Veronica Antal|url=http://canonizari.ofmconv.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vaen.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127203448/http://canonizari.ofmconv.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vaen.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=SEB>{{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92437|title=Servant of God Veronica Antal|publisher=Santi e Beati|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> Antal was known for her strong faith and her love for the [[Mother of God]]; she had long desired to enter the religious life as a [[nun]] but settled on the Secular Franciscans after the [[Communist Romania|communist regime]] suppressed [[convents]] and [[monasteries]] in [[Romania]]. She has been titled as the "Maria Goretti of Romania" due to the manner of her death similar to that of [[Maria Goretti]].<ref name=CNA>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/two-20th-century-martyrs-move-toward-beatification-69682|date=27 January 2018|access-date=27 January 2018|title=Two 20th-century martyrs move toward beatification}}</ref><ref name=NCR>{{cite news|url=http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/in_moldavia_romania_an_ancient_faith_struggle_with_modern_changes|title=In Moldavia, Romania, an Ancient Faith Struggle With Modern Changes|date=18 January 2004|author=Chuck Todaro|publisher=[[National Catholic Register]]|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=SEB/> Called the "Martyr of Chastity" by the townspeople, she was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope Francis]] in 2018 &mdash; the first Romanian woman to become a ''beata''.<ref name="NCR2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.ncregister.com/features/first-romanian-woman-to-become-a-beata-was-martyr-of-chastity|title=First Romanian Woman to Become a Beata Was ‘Martyr of Chastity’|date=March 16, 2018|author=Brian O’Neel|publisher=[[National Catholic Register]]|access-date=May 1, 2024}}</ref>

Her beatification cause opened in 2003 and she became titled as a [[Servant of God]]; [[Pope Francis]] confirmed that she died to preserve herself as a virgin against vice in 2018 which confirmed her beatification (as opposed to needing a miracle).<ref name=CNA/><ref name=NCR/><ref name=CON/> The beatification was celebrated in Romania on 22 September 2018.


==Life==
==Life==
Veronica Antal was born on 7 December 1935 in [[Botești]] as the first of four children to George and Eva; she received [[baptism]] on 8 December in her local parish from Father Felix Rafaelli. Her parents named her in honor of her paternal aunt who died at a tender age.<ref name=CON/><ref name=SEB/> Her parents spent so much time at work in the fields that her grandmother Zarafina raised her and instructed her in the faith; it was in her childhood her devotion to the [[Blessed Virgin]] manifested.<ref name=CNA/><ref name=NCR/>
Veronica Antal was born on [[1935 in Romania|7 December 1935]] in [[Botești]] as the first of four children to George and Eva; she received [[baptism]] on 8 December in her local parish from Father Felix Rafaelli. Her parents named her in honor of her paternal aunt who died at a tender age.<ref name=CON/><ref name=SEB/> Her parents spent so much time at work in the fields that her grandmother Zarafina raised her and instructed her in the faith; it was in her childhood her devotion to the [[Blessed Virgin]] manifested.<ref name=CNA/><ref name=NCR/>


Her schooling was spent in her hometown from age seven where she earned good grades before leaving to join her parents to work in the fields.<ref name=CON/> But it was when she was sixteen that she began manifesting a desire to enter the [[convent]] as a [[Franciscans|Franciscan nun]]. Antal wanted also to help children.<ref name=NCR/> This never materialized because the communist regime had suppressed all convents and [[monasteries]] in [[Romania]].<ref name=CNA/> Antal instead joined the [[Secular Franciscan Order]] (which her [[spiritual director]] Alois Donea directed her to) and then made a private vow to remain [[Chastity|chaste]].<ref name=SEB/> Antal walked five miles to the nearest church just so that she could receive the [[Eucharist]]. Antal also joined a [[choir]] aged sixteen and also joined the [[Militia Immaculatae]] that [[Maximilian Kolbe]] founded. Not long before her death she began reading about [[Maria Goretti]] and confided later to two friends that she wished to act much like Goretti.<ref name=CON/>
Her schooling was spent in her hometown from age seven where she earned good grades before leaving to join her parents to work in the fields.<ref name=CON/> But it was when she was sixteen that she began manifesting a desire to enter a [[convent]]. Antal wanted also to help children.<ref name=NCR/> This never materialized because the communist regime had suppressed all convents and monasteries in Romania.<ref name=CNA/> Antal instead joined the [[Secular Franciscan Order]] (which her [[spiritual director]] Alois Donea advised her to) and then made a private vow of perpetual virginity.<ref name=SEB/>


Antal walked five miles to the nearest church just so that she could receive the [[Eucharist|Holy Communion]]. Antal also joined the [[Militia Immaculatae]] that [[Maximilian Kolbe]] founded. Not long before her death she began reading about Maria Goretti and confided later to two friends that she wished to act much like Goretti.<ref name=CON/>
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On the evening of 24 August 1958 she returned from her local parish after having just received Confirmation from Petru Pleșca when Pavel Mocanu began to harass her en route home.<ref name=SEB/> He made indecent proposals to her and then attacked her in a vain effort to [[rape]] her. But Antal fended him off to the point he stabbed her to death with a [[knife]] 42 times.<ref name=CNA/> Her parents grew alarmed that she had not returned home so searched for her. Labourers en route to work discovered her corpse in the middle of a field on 26 August and discovered one of her [[rosaries]] clasped in her hands.<ref name=SEB/> Her face was downwards covered in blood with a cross of [[Pod corn|corn pods]] on her back. Her funeral was celebrated on 27 August.<ref name=CON/> One friend present with Antal during the Confirmation said that "Veronica seemed pale and downcast" and later had a meal with one friend before the friends left and Antal travelled home.

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On the evening of 24 August 1958 she returned from her local parish after having just received the [[Confirmation in the Catholic Church|Confirmation]] from Petru Pleșca when Pavel Mocanu began to harass her en route home.<ref name=SEB/> He made indecent proposals to her and then attacked her in a vain effort to [[rape]] her. But Antal fended him off to the point he stabbed her to death with a knife 42 times.<ref name=CNA/> Her parents grew alarmed that she had not returned home so searched for her. Labourers en route to work discovered her corpse in the middle of a field on 26 August and discovered one of her [[rosaries]] clasped in her hands.<ref name=SEB/> Her face was downwards covered in blood with a cross of [[Pod corn|corn pods]] on her back. Her funeral was celebrated on 27 August.<ref name=CON/> One friend present with Antal during the Confirmation said that "Veronica seemed pale and downcast" and later had a meal with one friend before the friends left and Antal travelled home.


==Beatification==
==Beatification==
The [[beatification]] process opened under [[Pope John Paul II]] on 10 July 2003 after the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] issued the official "[[nihil obstat]]" (nothing against) edict and titled Antal as a [[Servant of God]]; the diocesan process was held in [[Iași]] from 25 November 2003 until 12 November 2006. Documents collected during this time (including the 200 written testimonies that Fr. Eugen Blajut collected in 1994)<ref name=NCR/> were sealed in boxes and sent to [[Rome]] to the C.C.S. that December where the C.C.S. later validated the process on 24 May 2008.
The [[beatification]] process opened under [[Pope John Paul II]] on 10 July 2003 after the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] issued the official "[[nihil obstat]]" (nothing against) edict and titled Antal as a [[Servant of God]]; the diocesan process was held in [[Iași]] from 25 November 2003 until 12 November 2006.<ref name=NCR/>


[[Pope Francis]] confirmed her beatification on 26 January 2018 after determining that Antal died in order to protect her chaste state from the sin of rape; the official term was "in defensum castitatis". Her beatification was celebrated in Romania on 22 September 2018 with Cardinal [[Giovanni Angelo Becciu]] presiding on the pope's behalf.
[[Pope Francis]] confirmed Veronica Antal's beatification on 26 January 2018 after determining that she died "in defensum castitatis". Her beatification was celebrated in Romania on 22 September 2018 with Cardinal [[Giovanni Angelo Becciu]] presiding on the pope's behalf. The [[postulator]] for this cause is the [[Order of Friars Minor Conventual|Franciscan]] friar Damian-Gheorghe Pătrașcu.

The current [[postulator]] for this cause is the [[Order of Friars Minor Conventual|Conventual Franciscan]] friar Damian-Gheorghe Pătrașcu.


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://veronicaantal.ro/repere-biografice/english/ Official website]
* [http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1958.htm Hagiography Circle]
* [http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1958.htm Hagiography circle]


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Latest revision as of 13:02, 1 May 2024

Blessed

Veronica Antal

OFS
Virgin and martyr
Born(1935-12-07)7 December 1935
Nisiporești, Botești, Neamț County, Kingdom of Romania
Died24 August 1958(1958-08-24) (aged 22)
Hălăucești, Iași County, Romanian People's Republic
Cause of deathStabbing
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified22 September 2018, Nisiporești, Romania by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Feast24 August

Veronica Antal (7 December 1935 – 24 August 1958) was a Romanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Secular Franciscan Order and member of the Militia Immaculatae.[1][2] Antal was known for her strong faith and her love for the Mother of God; she had long desired to enter the religious life as a nun but settled on the Secular Franciscans after the communist regime suppressed convents and monasteries in Romania. She has been titled as the "Maria Goretti of Romania" due to the manner of her death similar to that of Maria Goretti.[3][4][2] Called the "Martyr of Chastity" by the townspeople, she was beatified by Pope Francis in 2018 — the first Romanian woman to become a beata.[5]

Life[edit]

Veronica Antal was born on 7 December 1935 in Botești as the first of four children to George and Eva; she received baptism on 8 December in her local parish from Father Felix Rafaelli. Her parents named her in honor of her paternal aunt who died at a tender age.[1][2] Her parents spent so much time at work in the fields that her grandmother Zarafina raised her and instructed her in the faith; it was in her childhood her devotion to the Blessed Virgin manifested.[3][4]

Her schooling was spent in her hometown from age seven where she earned good grades before leaving to join her parents to work in the fields.[1] But it was when she was sixteen that she began manifesting a desire to enter a convent. Antal wanted also to help children.[4] This never materialized because the communist regime had suppressed all convents and monasteries in Romania.[3] Antal instead joined the Secular Franciscan Order (which her spiritual director Alois Donea advised her to) and then made a private vow of perpetual virginity.[2]

Antal walked five miles to the nearest church just so that she could receive the Holy Communion. Antal also joined the Militia Immaculatae that Maximilian Kolbe founded. Not long before her death she began reading about Maria Goretti and confided later to two friends that she wished to act much like Goretti.[1]

On the evening of 24 August 1958 she returned from her local parish after having just received the Confirmation from Petru Pleșca when Pavel Mocanu began to harass her en route home.[2] He made indecent proposals to her and then attacked her in a vain effort to rape her. But Antal fended him off to the point he stabbed her to death with a knife 42 times.[3] Her parents grew alarmed that she had not returned home so searched for her. Labourers en route to work discovered her corpse in the middle of a field on 26 August and discovered one of her rosaries clasped in her hands.[2] Her face was downwards covered in blood with a cross of corn pods on her back. Her funeral was celebrated on 27 August.[1] One friend present with Antal during the Confirmation said that "Veronica seemed pale and downcast" and later had a meal with one friend before the friends left and Antal travelled home.

Beatification[edit]

The beatification process opened under Pope John Paul II on 10 July 2003 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" (nothing against) edict and titled Antal as a Servant of God; the diocesan process was held in Iași from 25 November 2003 until 12 November 2006.[4]

Pope Francis confirmed Veronica Antal's beatification on 26 January 2018 after determining that she died "in defensum castitatis". Her beatification was celebrated in Romania on 22 September 2018 with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu presiding on the pope's behalf. The postulator for this cause is the Franciscan friar Damian-Gheorghe Pătrașcu.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "The Process of Canonization of the Servant of God Veronica Antal" (PDF). Order of Friars Minor Conventual Romania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Servant of God Veronica Antal". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Two 20th-century martyrs move toward beatification". 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Chuck Todaro (18 January 2004). "In Moldavia, Romania, an Ancient Faith Struggle With Modern Changes". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  5. ^ Brian O’Neel (March 16, 2018). "First Romanian Woman to Become a Beata Was 'Martyr of Chastity'". National Catholic Register. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

External links[edit]

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