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During the late medieval era, St Zita's popular cult had grown throughout Europe. In England she was known as Sitha, and was popularly invoked by maidservants and housewives, particularly in event of having lost keys, or when crossing rivers or bridges. Images of St Zita exist in churches across southern England.
Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the wife of Charles I, the last monarch of Austria-Hungary. She was also the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles.
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Makers of images of the crucifix - John of Damascus; Mariners - Brendan the Navigator, Christopher, [8] Clement, Nicholas of Tolentine; Martyrs - Anastasia of Sirmium, [8] Lucy; Matchmakers - Raphael the Archangel; Mathematicians - Barbara; Mechanics - Catherine of Alexandria, Eligius; Medical record librarians - Raymond of Penyafort
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A church at the site, dedicated to the saint Zita of Lucca, was founded by Tuscan merchants in the early 14th-century and then attached to the Dominican order.In 1583, a new larger church was erected using designs by Giuseppe Giacalone, and completed in 1603.
Lucca Cathedral. Lucca (/ ˈ l uː k ə / LOO-kə; Italian: ⓘ) is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea.The city has a population of about 89,000, [3] while its province has a population of 383,957.
The body of Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643–1731), Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church (Tenerife, Spain). Incorruptibility is a Catholic and Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and beati ) to completely or partially avoid the normal process ...