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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.
On the right hand is the side chapel of St. Zita (c. 1212-1272), a popular saint in Lucca. Her intact incorrupt body, lying on a bed of brocade, is on display in a glass shrine. On the walls of the chapel are several canvasses from the 16th and 17th centuries depicting episodes from her life.
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.
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.
Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma was born at the Villa Pianore in the Italian Province of Lucca, 9 May 1892. [1]: 1 The unusual name Zita was given to her after Zita, a popular Italian saint who had lived in Tuscany in the 13th century.
Innocent XII canonized Saint Zita of Lucca on 5 September 1696. He beatified Augustin Kažotić on 17 July 1700 and approved the cultus of Angela of Foligno in 1693. He also beatified Osanna Andreasi on 24 November 1694, Mary de Cervellione on 13 February 1692, Jane of Portugal on 31 December 1692, Umiliana de' Cerchi on 24 July 1694, Helen ...
On a trip to Palermo he went to have his confession heard in the church of Saint Zita of Lucca; the Blessed Pietro Geremia heard his confession and suggested that Liccio take Holy Orders. [3] Despite his initial feelings of doubt he joined the Order of Preachers in 1445 and was later ordained to the priesthood. [5] [2]
In 1866 she established a lay association dedicated to the education of girls under the patronage of Our Lady, St. Joseph and the patroness of Lucca, St. Zita [2] One of her students was Gemma Galgani. Guerra travelled to Rome in 1870 to attend a session of the First Vatican Council that Pope Pius IX had convened.