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Zita (c. 1212 – 27 April 1272), also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys . Zita entered domestic service at the age of 12, and served the same family for almost 50 years.
Zitta is a female given name. The name may originate from the Italian word zitta meaning young girl or from the Hungarian pet name of Felicita, from Latin Felicia. In Basque, the word means saint. In Greek, the word means' the hunter'.
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Saint Zita (c. 1212–1272) is an Italian saint. Zita may refer to: Zita (name), primarily a feminine given name; Zita, Texas, an unincorporated community, United States; Zita, originally Vinter-Palatset, the oldest movie theater in the city of Stockholm which is still in operation today. František Zíta (1909–1977), Czech chess master
In the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism, converts often take a new name at the time of their reception into the church.When deciding on a name for their child, Orthodox parents will often name the child after a saint whose feast day falls on either the day of the child's birth or the day of its baptism.
Many Christian parents have named their sons with the biblical saint name of Joseph, in honour of Saint Joseph, father of Jesus.. A saint's name, which is usually also a biblical name, is the name of a saint given to individuals at their baptism or confirmation within the Catholic Church, as well as in certain parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Lutheran ...
It lists of hundreds of saints from Ireland and beyond. [1] In various religions, a saint is a revered person who has achieved an eminent status of holiness, known as sainthood. The word saint comes from the Latin word sanctus, meaning ' holy ', and although saint has been applied in other religious contexts, the word has its origins in ...