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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.
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.
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She ...
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
Jean M. Marshall (1942-2014, Sister Rita Vincent) was a Dominican Sister of Sparkill, New York. She founded St. Rita's Center for Immigrant and Refugee Services food distribution center, serving Cambodian, Vietnamese, and many other refugees and immigrants in the Fordham section of the Bronx, New York. [1]
Joaquina Maria Mercedes Josefa Barcelo y Pages, also known as Consuelo Barcelo y Pages, was a Roman Catholic Spanish Augustinian tertiary who cofounded the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation along with her sister, Rita Barcelo y Pages, in the Philippines. Born on July 24, 1857, and died on August 4, 1940, at the age of 83 in Manila.