Optional Memorial
Saint Rita of Cascia
- Feast day
- May 22
- Patron of
- impossible causes and abused wives
- Origin
- Italian
Life
Rita of Cascia endured an abusive marriage and the murder of her husband before entering an Augustinian convent, where she received a wound on her forehead recalling the crown of thorns.
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