Sandra Maria Assunta Sabattini (19 August 1961 – 2 May 1984)[1][a] was an Italian diarist, medical student, and member of the Pope John XXIII Community [it], who was beatified by the Catholic Church on 24 October 2021.

[3] As a young adult, Sabattini volunteered at a drug rehabilitation centre run by the Community, and pursued studies at the University of Bologna to become a missionary doctor.

[2][3] On 29 April 1984, arriving at a Community meeting in Igea Marina with her fiancé, she was hit by an oncoming car, and died of her injuries three days later.

[2][4] On 24 October 2021, Sabattini was beatified at Rimini's Tempio Malatestiano by Cardinal Marcello Smeraro on behalf of Pope Francis.

[2][3] The family lived in the rectory of the church of Madre del Bell'Amore in Cella, in the comune of Misano Adriatico: Agnese's brother, Giuseppe Bonini, was priest there.

[6] Sabattini passed her high school diploma in 1980, and enrolled as a medical student at the University of Bologna,[2][3][5][7][8][11] aspiring to become a missionary doctor in Africa.

[1][3][7] On weekends and in the summer of 1982 and 1983, Sabattini volunteered at a drug rehabilitation centre run by the Pope John XXIII Community.

[9] She was buried in the cemetery of the church of Sant'Andrea in Casale, in the comune of San Clemente, less than 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) from her childhood home in Cella.

[13][14] On 22 April 2009, as part of the canonisation process, Sabattini's remains were exhumed from Sant'Andrea in Casale, after which it was expected that they would be moved to San Girolamo.

[8] On 6 March 2018, Pope Francis declared Sabattini to be Venerable,[5][8][11] at an audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

[2][6][16] On 24 October 2021, Sabattini was beatified at the Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini's cathedral, by Cardinal Marcello Smeraro, Prefect of the Congregation, on behalf of Pope Francis.

[1] Designed by Paola Ceccarelli, the bas-relief depicts Sabattini smiling in the centre, holding a flower in one hand and a poor figure in the other.

The sarcophagus, realised by architect Francesco Baldi, is not fully closed, with a pane of transparent glass allowing visitors to see some pieces of wood inside.