Rita of Cascia, OSA, was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun. After Rita's husband died, she joined an Augustinian community of religious sisters, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh and for the efficacy of her... 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, Vatican City, Rome by Pope Leo XIII