Widow and religious. Holidays: May 22nd. Born around 1381 near Cascia and died in 1457. She lost her husband, imposed on her by her parents, victim of family feuds and was brutally killed. As his children felt revenge for the death of his father, Rita came to pray to God for their death rather than to know them as murderers. Left alone, she lived in a convent in penance and taking care of the suffering. A sign of his particular devotion to the Passion was a thorn-like plague imprinted on his forehead. She is depicted in the Augustinian dress, has a plague on her forehead and loves the crucifix among the roses. The Saint of the impossible is invoked against smallpox and natural disasters.
Protectress: of pizzicagnoli and deli meats