Saint Rita of Cascia
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Saint Rita of Cascia was a 15th-century Italian Augustinian nun venerated in the Catholic Church as the patron saint of impossible causes, difficult marriages, and abused wives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Rita of Cascia canonical | 2 |
| Saint Rita | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Augustinian nun
ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ Christian mystic ⓘ Italian Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cascia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roccaporena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beatificationDate | 1627 ⓘ |
| beatifiedBy | Pope Urban VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1381 ⓘ |
| birthName | Margherita Lotti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Roccaporena
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Cascia, Umbria, Italy ⓘ |
| canonizationDate | 24 May 1900 ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope Leo XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| deathDate | 22 May 1457 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cascia, Umbria, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| devotionalPractice | invoked in hopeless and impossible cases ⓘ |
| era | 15th century ⓘ |
| feastDay | 22 May ⓘ |
| givenName | Rita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
Augustinian habit
ⓘ
figs ⓘ roses ⓘ wound on the forehead ⓘ |
| knownFor |
devotion to prayer and penance
ⓘ
reconciliation and forgiveness ⓘ stigmata-like wound on her forehead ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| majorShrine |
Basilica of Saint Rita of Cascia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cascia, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Saint Augustine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| patronage |
abused wives
ⓘ
desperate causes ⓘ difficult marriages ⓘ impossible causes ⓘ lost and impossible causes ⓘ parenthood ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| residence | Monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene, Cascia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Paolo Mancini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Religious
ⓘ
Saint ⓘ Widow ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
some Lutheran churches ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Santa Rita (Paraíba)
subject surface form:
Santa Cruz (Rio Grande do Norte)
subject surface form:
Santa Rita, New Mexico
this entity surface form:
Saint Rita