Saint Rita of Cascia

Santa Rita de Cascia

También conocido como: Margarita of Cascia; Rita La Abogada de Imposibles; Saint of the Impossible

Santo

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

22-May

Nacimiento

1386 at Roccaparena, Umbria, Italy

Fallecimiento

22 May 1457 at the Augustinian convent at Cascia, Italy of tuberculosis

Canonizado

24 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Beatificado

19 October 1626 by Pope Urban VIII

Biografía

Saint Rita of Cascia, also known as Margarita of Cascia and the "Saint of the Impossible," was born in 1386 in Roccaparena, Umbria, Italy. She was the daughter of Antonio and Amata Lotti, who were known as the Peacemakers of Jesus. Rita's parents had her late in life and from her early youth, she showed a strong interest in religious life, frequently visiting the Augustinian nuns at Cascia.

Libros y Recursos

Devotions To Saint Rita: A Compendium Life of Saint Rita, Devotional Exercises, Novena And Triduum, Instructions On Novenas, etc., http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0548740984

Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612787169

Saint Rita: Saint of the Impossible: Prayers and Devotions to Saint, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/089942127X

The Precious Pearl: The Story of Saint Rita of Cascia, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0818909404