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Rita of Cascia, OSA (born Margherita Ferri Lotti; 1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun.After Rita's husband died, she joined a small community of nuns, who later became Augustinians, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh [1] and for the efficacy of her prayers.
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The basilica was built in the early twentieth century to provide a larger church to house the much visited relics of the former nun, Saint Rita of Cascia, who was canonized in 1900. The initial impulse was guided by the Abbess Maria Teresa Fasce , now considered a blessed individual by the Roman Catholic church.
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Saint Rita (Italian: Rita da Cascia) is a 2004 Italian television movie directed by Giorgio Capitani. The film is based on real life events of Augustinian nun and Saint Rita of Cascia . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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St. Rita of Cascia High School is an all-boys Catholic high school located in the Ashburn neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side., United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, is operated by the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, a Catholic jurisdiction of the Order of Saint Augustine, and is a member of the Augustinian Secondary Education Association.