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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.
Rita Lopes de Almeida (religious name Rita Amada de Jesus, [1] 5 March 1848 – 6 January 1913), was a Portuguese religious sister and the founder of the Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. She was called "Apostle of the Rosary , Apostle of the Eucharist , [and] Apostle of the Family" [ 1 ] and one of the greatest Christian teachers of her time.
St. Rita of Cascia (1381) was born in the Italian town of Roccaporena. When her husband and twin sons died, she entered the Augustinian Nuns. The next 40 years of her life saw St. Rita devoting herself to a life of prayer and works and deeds of charity as dictated by the rules of St Augustine.
Euskia was a 25-year-old woman who died on St Lucy’s Day in the late 300s or early 400s. [10] By the sixth century, her story was sufficiently widespread that she appears in the procession of virgins in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna [ 11 ] and in the Sacramentary of Pope Gregory I . [ 6 ]
Zita was born in Tuscany in Monte Sagrati, a village not far from Lucca.Her parents were Giovanni and Buonissima Lombardo. Her maternal uncle, Graziano, was a hermit who dwelt on a neighbouring mountain where he had built a church and a shelter for travellers.
Rita Carrey, Jim Carrey’s older sister and a Canadian singer, has died.
Jim Carrey suffered a tragic loss this week when his older sister, radio personality Rita Carrey, passed away.. As TMZ reported, Rita's husband Alex broke the news on the morning of Friday, Nov ...
In a move that the A Star Is Born actor later admitted was “a ploy” to speak to Meyers, he asked to borrow a piece of equipment, and the rest was history. The pair tied the knot in February ...