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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.
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.
Santa Rita may refer to: Rita of Cascia (1381–1457), Catholic saint; Associação Atlética Santa Rita, a Brazilian football (soccer) club;
Rita Rudner (born 1956), American comedian and writer; Rita Rusić (born 1960), Croatian producer, actress and singer; Rita Sacchetto (1880–1959), German dancer, actress and screenwriter; Rita Savagnone, Italian film actress; Rita Sever (born 1963), American television hostess and actress; Rita Simons (born 1977), English actress and singer
Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress . She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937 ...
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.
Dulce de Souza Lopes Pontes, S.M.I.C., widely known as Irmã Dulce (English: "Sister Dulce") and also as Saint Dulce of the Poor (born Maria Rita de Souza Pontes; 26 May 1914 – 13 March 1992), was a Brazilian Catholic member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God, who belong to the Third Order Regular of St. Francis.
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.