"O loving Jesus, increase my patience accordingly as my sufferings increase."
Birth date: 1381
Birth place: Italy
Death date: May 22, 1457
Death place: Italy
Feast day: May 22
Canonized Date: May 24, 1900
Canonized By: Pope Leo XIII
Date in Sisterhood of Saints: May 22
Links of Interest:
Order of St. Augustine
Sanctuary of St. Rita in Cascia
National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania