𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

Saint Rita was born Margherita Lotti in Roccaporena, Italy in 1381. The day after her baptism, Rita was surrounded by a swarm of white bees, which went in and out of her infant mouth without hurting her. Rather than being alarmed, her family believed she was marked to be virtuous and devoted to God.

It is said that as she neared the end of her life, Rita was bedridden from tuberculosis. It was then that she asked a cousin who had come to visit for a rose from the garden in her old home. As it was January, her cousin did not expect to find any roses, but there was a single rose in bloom, which was brought back to Rita at the convent.

She passed away four months later, on May 22, 1457.

Following her death, she was buried at the basilica of Cascia, and was later discovered to be incorrupt. Her body can be found today in the Saint Rita shrine at Cascia.

𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑

𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘢, 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘢, 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘢, 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘢, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴.