Message form Barbara Strange on November 14, 2012. Represented as holding roses, or roses and figs, and sometimes with a wound in her forehead. Rita was beatified by pope Urban VIII in 1627 and canonized on by Pope Leo XIII. Her symbol is the rose petal, which she shares with St Therese of Lisieux. It is also publicly known that her body has been seen in different positions in the glass case, as well as eyes have opened and closed unaided. The incorrupt body of this “patron saint of hopeless cases” can be seen at the Basilica of St Rita in Cascia, Italy. In 1442, during the night of Holy Friday, she received the stigmata from a thornbush of the crown of the Crucifix, that according to the tradition, embedded itself in her forehead. she was able to become a nun and entered the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene at Cascia at age 36 and stayed there until her death. Unsuccessful at first because she was a widow, Rita eventually succeeded. Prayer, fasting, penances of many kinds, and good works filled her days. Now alone, She applied for admission to the Augustinian convent at Cascia, but, being a widow, she was refused. As it happened, both sons died within the year. But her example of forgiveness, her words of instruction and pleading, her prayers for their change of heart, were unable to move the two boys to forego any act of retaliation, and so Rita entrusted the cause totally to God, asking him to handle the situation which was beyond her control. Rita's only recourse was to prayer and persuasion. The pain which this unexpected and violent death inflicted upon Rita was only compounded by the fear she felt that her two teenage sons, moved by the unwritten law of the "vendetta," would seek to avenge their father's death. Paolo often found himself drawn into the conflicts that existed between rival political factions One day as he was returning from work Paolo was ambushed and killed. Paolo was employed as a watchman for the town. When Rita was 18, she was the mother of two sons, twins. Her husband, Paolo Mancini, was the source of much suffering as he was cruel to her, but she repaid his perfidy with prayer and kind attention to him: he was converted in time, becoming most considerate of others and God-fearing. Saint Rita wanted to become a nun, but in obedience to her elderly parents, she married. As a young girl Rita frequently visited the convent of the Augustinian nuns of Cascia and showed interest in a religious life. Rita was baptized with the name of "Margherita". She was a daughter of Antonio and Amata Lotti, known as Peacemakers of Jesus they had Rita late in life.
Rita was born in the year 1381 in the village of Roccaporena, near Cascia, in the Diocese of Spoleto, Italy. Also known as: Margarita of Cascia Rita la Abogada de Impossibles
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