Lectionary Calendar
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Cascia, Rita of, Saint

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Casaus, Bartolome
Next Entry
Case of Conscience
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

Holy widow. Born in 1386 in Rocca Porena, Italy; died in 1456 at the convent of Cascia. She was a model wife and mother for 18 years. After the death of her husband and sons, she became a nun at the Augustinian convent at Cascia, and was noted for her mortification, and mystical gifts. She is specially honored in Spain, where she is called the "Saint of the Impossible," owing to the wonderful favors obtained through her intercession. Represented holding roses and figs, sometimes with a wound in her forehead. Canonized in 1900. Feast, May 22,.

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Cascia, Rita of, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/cascia-rita-of-saint.html. 1910.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile