Born
Margherita Lotti in 1381, Rita was married for 18 years. After the
death of her husband and two sons she entered a community of
religious of the Rule of Saint Augustine at Cascia, Italy. Rita bore the
stigmata on her forehead and worked many miracles both before and
after her death on 22 May 1456. She was canonised by Pope Leo XIII in
1900. Saint Rita is the patron of lost and impossible causes. Her
incorrupt body lies in a glass coffin in the great Basilica di Santa
Rita da Cascia.
Also on this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At Rome, the holy martyrs Faustinus, Timothy and Venustus.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Castus and Æmilius who consummated their martyrdom by fire. St. Cyprian says that they were overcome in the first combat, but in the second God made them victorious so that, though at first yielding to the fire, they became finally stronger than the fire.
In Corsica, St. Julia, virgin, who won her crown by being crucified.
At Comana in Pontus, under the emperor Maximian and the governor Agrippa, the holy martyr Basiliscus who was forced to wear iron shoes pierced with heated nails, and endured many other trials. Being at last decapitated and thrown into a river, he obtained the glory of martyrdom.
In Spain, St. Quiteria, virgin and martyr.
At Ravenna, St. Marcian, bishop and confessor.
In the diocese of Auxerre, the abbot St. Romanus who ministered to St. Benedict in his cave. Going later to France, he built a monastery there, and leaving many disciples and imitators of his sanctity, went to rest in the Lord.
At Aquino, St. Fulk, confessor.
At Pistoja in Tuscany, the blessed Attho, of the Vallumbrosan Order.
At Auxerre, St. Helena, virgin
And in other places, many other holy martyrs, confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
Also on this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At Rome, the holy martyrs Faustinus, Timothy and Venustus.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Castus and Æmilius who consummated their martyrdom by fire. St. Cyprian says that they were overcome in the first combat, but in the second God made them victorious so that, though at first yielding to the fire, they became finally stronger than the fire.
In Corsica, St. Julia, virgin, who won her crown by being crucified.
At Comana in Pontus, under the emperor Maximian and the governor Agrippa, the holy martyr Basiliscus who was forced to wear iron shoes pierced with heated nails, and endured many other trials. Being at last decapitated and thrown into a river, he obtained the glory of martyrdom.
In Spain, St. Quiteria, virgin and martyr.
At Ravenna, St. Marcian, bishop and confessor.
In the diocese of Auxerre, the abbot St. Romanus who ministered to St. Benedict in his cave. Going later to France, he built a monastery there, and leaving many disciples and imitators of his sanctity, went to rest in the Lord.
At Aquino, St. Fulk, confessor.
At Pistoja in Tuscany, the blessed Attho, of the Vallumbrosan Order.
At Auxerre, St. Helena, virgin
And in other places, many other holy martyrs, confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
