Sandra Sabattini

Sandra Maria Assunta Sabattini (19 August 1961 – 2 May 1984) (Sabattini was baptised as Sandra Maria Assunta.) Some sources mistakenly refer to her as Alessandra as a result of the Latinisation of her Italian name as Alexandra in official church documents.

Sabattini was raised in Rimini, living at the rectory of San Girolamo, whose parish priest was her maternal uncle. Aged 10, she began to keep a spiritual diary, which was posthumously published. On 24 October 2021, Sabattini was beatified at Rimini's Tempio Malatestiano by Cardinal Marcello Smeraro on behalf of Pope Francis.

Life Sandra Sabattini was born on 19 August 1961 at the Ceccarini Hospital in Riccione, Province of Rimini, Sabattini was baptised in the church the day after her birth. On 1 October 1965, Giuseppe was appointed as parish priest of the newly-formed parish of San Girolamo in Rimini; She would pray early in the mornings and late in the evenings. They became engaged in 1979. aspiring to become a missionary doctor in Africa. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints gave its assent on 11 July 2006.

On 22 April 2009, as part of the canonisation process, Sandra's remains were exhumed from Sant'Andrea in Casale, after which it was expected that they would be moved to San Girolamo. The exhumation recovered only a pair of small plastic hospital socks and a strip of transparent plastic used to tie a bundle of flowers. Sabattini's beatification was scheduled for 14 June 2020 at Rimini Fiera, but was postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.

On 24 October 2021, Sandra Sabattini was beatified on Pope Francis' behalf at the Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini's cathedral, by Cardinal Marcello Smeraro, Prefect of the Congregation.

In the Church of San Girolamo, Sandra is commemorated by the sarcophagus destined originally to contain her remains and by a bas-relief; at the church, there is also an exhibition depicting her life.

In those places for which Blessed Sandra's memorial has been approved by the Holy See, it is celebrated on 4 May.