St Rita was beatified in the year 1626 by Pope Urban VIII. Urn, the centre of devotion to Saint Rita Canonization St Rita of Cascia is the first and foremost patron of lost and impossible causes, sickness, wounds, marital problems, abuse, mothers. Patron of impossible causes, for marriages in trouble It is at this point that Mastro Cecco Barbari takes charge of building (more likely commissioning) the first coffin called “humble case”. Seeing so much veneration, the nuns decide to place the holy body in a case. Immediately, in fact, thanks to her virtues, ex-votos brought by devotees begin to arrive. Rita’s body was never buried, precisely because of the strong cult born immediately after her death. Among these, we find the so-called maxime, or the most extraordinary: the miracle of a blind man who regains his sight. In 1457, on the initiative of the municipal authorities, the first miracles of Saint Rita begin to be reported in the Codex miraculorum (Code of Miracles). Probably her nostalgia for Roccaporena and the memory of Paolo and her sons come flooding back. It is at this time that the desire must have matured strongly to elevate her love to another level, to another spouse: Christ.Īt the age of about 36, Rita knocks on the door of the Monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene. In the winter preceding her death and now seriously ill, Rita spends long periods in her cell. ![]() Rita finds out, rushes to him, but all that remains for her is to catch her husband’s death rattle and hasten to hide the bloody shirt so that, on seeing it, her sons do not end up harbouring revenge.Īfter the murder of her husband and the tragic death of her two sons, Rita takes refuge in prayer. ![]() Tradition places the incident around 1406. He is assassinated near the “Mulinaccio”, where he had moved with Rita and their two sons. As with so many girls, the time comes for young Rita to start a family. The young man who falls in love with her, and whose love she returns, is called Paolo di Ferdinando di Mancino. The small Margherita of Roccaporena, a hamlet 5 km from Cascia, blossoms in 1371, others consider the date of 1381. The real name of our Santa is Margherita Lotti, daughter of Antonio Lotti and Amata Ferri. The testimonies of miracles that occurred through her intercession are so numerous that she has been declared by people of faith the “saint of impossible cases” (or saint of the impossible), insofar as, just as Rita taught us, if you place trust in God, anything can happen. ![]() Saint Rita has handed down her message without ever writing anything but using the concrete example made up of everyday life with respect for the other and for creation.
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