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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.
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.
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.
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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.
Ellen O'Keefe was an Irish immigrant to New York City, who took up nursing. Her experience led her to open a women's shelter, and later to found a religious congregation to continue her work. St. Zita's Home for Friendless Women was established at 158 East 24th Street, New York City, in 1890.
Sisters of Reparation of the Congregation of Mary also known as the "Sisters of St. Zita" - Founded on West 14th Street in Manhattan, the Sisters were founded to work with young women in domestic service. They later established St. Zita's Villa, a nursing home, in Monsey in 1938. The last member of the congregation died in 2020.
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.