Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta
Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta (29 December 1939 – 1 December 1964), born Anuarite Nengapeta, was a Congolese Catholic martyr and member of the Sisters of the Holy Family.
Her mother had all her children along with her baptized in 1945. Anuarite ran away from home to join the convent, despite her mother's disapproval. Her short religious life was dedicated to teaching and serving as a cook and sacristan. Nengapeta was killed during the nation's civil war during the Simba revolt in 1964 when Colonel Pierre Olombe killed her after she warded off his rape attempts.
Nengapeta is the first Bantu Catholic blessed, with her beatification occurring on 15 August 1985.
In the Martyrology
- December 1 Blessed Maria Clementina Anuarite Nengapeta, virgin and martyr of Congo