Rita of Cascia, OSA, 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 and for the efficacy... Wikipedia
Born: 1381, Roccaporena, Italy
Died: May 22, 1457 (age 76 years), Cascia, Italy
Place of burial: Basilica of Santa Rita da Cascia, Cascia, Italy
Parents: Amata Ferri and Antonio Lotti
Attributes: Forehead wound, rose, bees, grape vine
Beatified: 1626 by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized: 24 May 1900, St. Peter's Basilica by Pope Leo XIII