Saint Rita Statue Catholic Christian Patron of Abused or Mourning #WU76088AA

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Saint Rita Statue Catholic Christian Patron of Abused or Mourning #WU76088AA:
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Saint Rita Catholic Patron of Abused or Mourning Women Statue #US-WU76088AA

St. Rita Statue
in Hand finished poly stone
8 1/8 inches high
20.63 cm high

Saint Rita of Cascia (Born Margherita Lotti 1381 - May 22, 1457) was an Italian Augustinian nun, widow and saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Roccaporena, Italy, Rita was married at an early age. The marriage lasted for 18 years, during which she is remembered for her Christian values as a model wife and mother who made efforts to convert her husband from his abusive behavior. Upon the murder of her husband by another feuding family, she sought to dissuade her sons from revenge.Popular pious legend recalls that Rita was flown into the convent by Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Augustine, where she subsequently joined an Augustinian community of religious sisters. Rita was known for practicing self-mortification of the flesh[1], along with the apparent efficacy of her prayers and is venerated due to various miracles attributed to her intercession, and is often portrayed with a bleeding wound on her forehead, which the Roman Catholic Church claims to have been a partial stigmata.The Roman Catholic Church, under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII officially canonized Rita on May 24, 1900, while her feast day is celebrated every May 22. In many pious Catholic countries, Rita is known to be a patroness for abused wives and mourning women.-from Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia

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