Veronica Antal was a Romanian Roman Catholic woman born in 1935 who lived during a period of intense religious suppression under the communist regime. A member of the Secular Franciscan Order and the Militia Immaculatae, she was deeply devoted to the Virgin Mary and sought to live a consecrated life. Because she could not enter a convent due to government restrictions, she made a private vow of perpetual virginity. She is remembered for her courageous defense of her chastity, which led to her death in 1958.