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Antonia Mesina, Italian martyr and saint (died 1935)
Antonia Mesina was a 15 year old Italian Roman Catholic and part of Catholic Action. Mesina was murdered in mid-1935 after she attempted to fend off a would-be rapist and suffered 74 strikes with a stone before she died. She was beatified in 1987. Mesina joined Catholic Action movement in 1929 and became a noted recruiter.
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Antonia Mesina was born in 1919. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Antonia Mesina's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1919 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.25 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $5,000 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $2,000 | $67,500 |
| Movie ticket | $0.15 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 103.2M | 341 million |
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