Rita of Cascia
Saint Rita of Cascia (born Margherita Lotti , * 1381 in Roccaporena , † May 22, 1447 in Cascia ) was an Italian nun .
Life
As a young woman, Margherita Lotti wanted to join the Augustinian women , but was married against her will. Only after her violent husband was killed and her two sons to the plague had died, she could, following her original desire, 1407 in the monastery enter the Augustinian nuns in Cascia, where they live in strengster renunciation and repentance led. She later received the crown of thorns as a stigma .
Rita's undisturbed body rests in the Basilica di Santa Rita in Cascia. Her iconographic attributes are the crucifix as an attribute of the consecrated, the crown of thorns or stigmata on the forehead and the rose as an attribute of virginity. Rita von Cascia is regarded as the patron saint of butchers and is called on in hopeless issues, with exams and against smallpox . Numerous churches are subordinate to the patronage of St. Rita, including one in Miramar (Havana) . In addition, the headland of Saint Rita Point on James Ross Island in Antarctica is named after Saint Rita.
Canonization
Rita was established in 1628 by Pope Urban VIII. Beatified and in 1900 Pope Leo XIII. canonized . Her feast day is May 22nd.
Rite sisters
The Rita Sisters are a religious community whose patron saint is St. Rita from Cascia is. The community of the Rita Sisters was founded in Würzburg in 1911 by the Augustinian Father Hugolin Dach (Father Hugolinus) and five young women, initially as a nursing association for poor families. Since December 1917 the Rite Sisters (as a Third Order of St. Augustine) wore a habit and transformed into a monastic community. After Dach's death in 1918, the Bishop of Würzburg demanded the dissolution of the community and the connection to other religious orders. Only nine sisters stayed together and, with the help of the population and Catholic associations, obtained ecclesiastical permission to continue as a congregation .
The mother house of the Rita sisters is in Würzburg. In 2000 there were about 100 sisters in the congregation. The Rita Sisters are particularly dedicated to nursing the sick and helping families. For 40 years (until 2006) they ran a school for family care. There is also a new focus on spiritual accompaniment. The Rita Sisters belong to the Augustinians . In addition to Germany, they operate in Switzerland and the United States ( Wisconsin ).
literature
- Hilde Firtel : Saint Rita of Cascia. The helper in hopeless cases. Kanisius Verlag, Freiburg (Switzerland) 1964, 2010, ISBN 978-3-942142-06-9 .
- Hilde Firtel: The holy Rita. Novena, prayers, spiritual pilgrimage. Kanisius Verlag, Freiburg (Switzerland) 1967.
- Engelbert Eberhard, Siegfried Back: St. Rita, mother - widow - nun . Augustinus-Verlag, Würzburg.
- Adolar Zumkeller : Rita von Cascia. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 395-396.
- Bernhard Schneider Saint Rita von Cascia 1381–1457 - 100 years canonization - Jubilee 2000 , Peda art guide No. 484/2000, Passau
- Godehard Schramm : The sun rose. Umbria trip to Rita. Novel. Würzburg: Augustine 1995.
Web links
- Rita of Cascia . In: Website of the Congregation of the Rite Sisters
- Rita of Cascia . In: Website of the Ritawerk Würzburg
- Rita of Cascia . In: Heiligenlexikon.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rita of Cascia . At heiligenlexikon.de, accessed on May 8, 2017
- ↑ Evodius Wallbrecht : Rule book for the members of the third order of St. Father Augustine. (with Hugolinus roof), Rita publishing house and printing house, Würzburg 1928.
- ↑ Klaus Witt City: church and state in the 20th century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 453–478 and 1304 f., Here: pp. 455–458: The Church Development under Bishop Ferdinand Schlör (1898–1924). P. 456 f.
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SURNAME | Rita of Cascia |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santa Rita (saint name); Mancini, Margherita (married name); Lotti, Margherita (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nun, saint |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1381 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Roccaporena , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1447 |
Place of death | Cascia |