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Rita of Cascia, OSA (born Margherita Ferri Lotti; 1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun. After Rita's husband died, she joined a small community of nuns, who later became Augustinians, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh [1] and for the efficacy of her prayers.
Rita: the Saint. Rita died peacefully on May 22, 1457. An old and revered tradition records that the bells of the convent immediately began to peal unaided by human hands, calling the people of Cascia to the doors of the convent, and announcing the triumphant completion of a life faithfully lived.
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She is equally addressed as the patron saint of those suffering from sterility, as well as abuse victims, lonely people, difficult marriages, widows, the sick, bodily ills, wounds, and parenthood. She was buried in Cascia, where her body is venerated at a shrine dedicated to her.
Quick Reference. (1377–1447), widow, Augustinian nun, patron of desperate cases. Born at Roccaporena in Umbria, she wished in childhood to become a nun but married in deference to her parents' wishes a husband who subsequently became notoriously violent and unfaithful.
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