McNamara's Blog
Nurse at the Holy Spirit Hospital, near the Vatican, in Rome in 1886. Joined the Sisters of Charity, dedicated to service to the sick, in 1887, taking the name Agostina. Worked with the critically ill and contagious, catching typhus and malaria in the process. After she caught tuberculosis, she worked in the TB ward where a patient stabbed her to death during a rape attempt; she died praying that he be forgiven. She was canonized in 1999.
(From saints.sqpn.com)
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