Concetta Lombardo
Italian catechist killed resisting a sexual assault
Who they were
Concetta Lombardo of Stalettì, a Catholic Action catechist and Franciscan tertiary, was killed at twenty-four while resisting a man who attacked her.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Her cause is pursued as a martyrdom in defence of chastity; the nihil obstat came in December 1989 and the diocesan inquiry ran from 1990 to 2002.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.