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Alexandrina Maria da Costa (30 March 1904 – 13 October 1955), best known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a Portuguese mystic and victim soul, member of the Association of Salesian Cooperators, who was born and died in Balazar (a rural parish of Póvoa de Varzim).
Apr 25, 2004 · Alexandrina Maria da Costa was born on 30 March 1904 in Balasar, Portugal. She received a solid Christian education from her mother and her sister, Deolinda, and her lively, well-mannered nature made her likeable to everyone.
On Holy Saturday of 1918, Alexandrina Maria da Costa, a fourteen-year-old native of Balasar, Portugal, was sewing when three men broke into her home, threatening to violate her chastity. Resolute to preserve her purity, she fled by jumping out a window.
Mar 21, 2022 · Learn about the life and devotion of Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, who influenced Venerable Pius XII to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1942. She was a Portuguese Catholic mystic who suffered for 30 years and lived on the Eucharist alone.
A mystic who offered her suffering, united with the Salesians, for the salvation of the young. Alessandrina Maria da Costa was born on March 30, 1904 in Balasar in Portugal. She was brought up in the faith by her mother, along with her sister Deolinda.
Mar 6, 2018 · Alexandrina Maria da Costa was born in Balazar, Portugal, in 1904. Her father abandoned his family when she was very young leaving his wife, and two daughters, Deolinda and Alexandrina, destitute. Consequently, Alexandrina, who had only attended school for a mere eighteen months, was forced to go to work.
Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar was born March 30 th, 1904 in the parish of Balasar, in Portugal, and was a Portuguese Mystic of the Eucharist. She has written many works, which have been studied in Italy, by Fr. Umberto Pasquale. She sewed garments along with her sister in Balasar, as a teen.
