Sadly, violence overshadowed their lives when, 16 years after their marriage, Paolo was murdered, probably as part of the Mancini feud with other Cascia families. He went to work as a watchman for the city gate while Rita kept their home, and the couple soon became parents of twin boys. The Mancini family had long nursed a feud with one or more of Cascia’s rival noble clans, but it was through Rita’s patient and ceaseless prayer and example that Paolo found the strength to turn his back on the violence that had characterized his upbringing. Two years later, at ages 16 and 18 respectively, Rita and Paolo were formally married in the local Church of San Martano. Though Rita was 14 years old and Paolo 16, and in keeping with the marriage laws of the time-the couple would not live together for another two years-they were considered irrevocably joined. What is recorded as fact is a marriage agreement from 1395 between Rita Lotti and Paolo Mancini, the son of Ferdinando and Teresa Mancini, of a minor noble Cascia family. Nearly all biographies of Rita suggest that she wanted to enter religious life early on, but was dissuaded by her parents who either implored or forced her to marry. It was through Rita’s work with these wounded that she acquired her patronage of amputees and those dealing with wounds and disorders of the blood and circulatory system, such as clots and phlebitis. Young Rita was a frequent visitor to the nearby Augustinian convent of Santa Maria Magdalena, where she helped the nuns care for the sick and those who were injured in battles and local brawls. Though not wealthy, the Lottis provided their daughter with a basic education in reading and writing. Rita as a patron of infertility, sterility, pregnancy, and gynecological disorders. Their faith that God would surely answer their prayers comforts would-be parents today and establishes St.
Though far from aged, Amata became pregnant close to the probable end of childbearing years for that time period, and after the couple had reportedly hoped for a child for 12 years. Her parents, Antonio and Amata (Ferri) Lotti, were revered in the area as Conciliatori di Cristo (Peacemakers of Christ), called upon frequently to act as mediators by government officials, business leaders, and common citizens alike. Rita is an example of what the Lord accomplishes when he finds humble hearts open to his love.”īorn Margherita Lotti in 1381 in the town of Roccaporena-just outside the city of Cascia, in the Umbrian region of Italy-Rita was known by the diminutive of her name since infancy. but for the incredible ‘normality’ of her daily existence. “Not just because of the wonders of her intercession. “Why is Rita a saint?” the pontiff asked during the service. Rita in its glass coffin transported from her shrine in Cascia, Italy, to the Vatican, where he and thousands honored the saint in an outdoor prayer service. John Paul II had the incorrupt body of St.
In May 2000, on the occasion of the centenary celebration of her canonization, St.
Her patronage is among the most exhaustive of any saint, ranging from bodily ills to baseball. Rita, Patroness of Impossible Cases, pray for me to the Lord our God! See Also: Powerful Prayer to St.Rita of Cascia (1381-1457) is one of only a very small number of saints who experienced all states of life as daughter, wife, mother, widow, and consecrated religious. Your pleadings before the divine crucifix
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