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St. Maria Goretti died at the hands of her attempted rapist, Alessandro.
St. John Paul II repeatedly pointed to her as an intercessor for young people, especially to grow in the virtue of chastity.
At the end of an Angelus message in 2002, St. John Paul II prayed the following prayer, that young people would rediscover the value of chastity.