Feast day: May 22
Saint Rita de Casia
A saint commemorated in the Roman Catholic martyrology on May 22.
- Feast day: May 22
- Life and era: Birth recorded in source: El 1381 en casia en la actual Italia
- Role in the Church: Saint commemorated in the Roman Catholic martyrology
- Common titles: Roman Martyrology entry
- Often asked for: commemoration
Why the Church honors Saint Rita de Casia
Saint Rita de Casia is included in the Roman Catholic martyrology for May 22.
Why people ask for the intercession of Saint Rita de Casia
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Biography and witness
Saint Rita de Casia appears in the Roman Catholic martyrology on May 22.
Original martyrology note
Santa Rita (Rita La Abogada de Imposibles), religiosa, que, casada con un hombre violento, toleró pacientemente sus crueldades reconciliándolo con Dios, y al morir su marido y sus hijos ingresó en el monasterio de la Orden de San Agustín en Casia, de la Umbría, en Italia, dando a todos un ejemplo sublime de paciencia y compunción (c. 1457).
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Short prayer
Saint Rita de Casia, pray for me.