Description
The statue is of Saint Rita and is 20 cm tall. It is made of plastercast and is very pretty. It is boxed. Saint Rita is depicted with partial stigmata and is wearing a black Augustinian habit instead of the brown robe and white veil of Monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene from the 13th century. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church and the Aglipayan Church. She was beatified in 1626 by Pope Urban VIII and canonized in 1900 by Pope Leo XIII. Her feast is May 22.
20cm Statue of St Rita - Patron saint of lost or impossible causes, marital problems and abuse
Plastercast
Very pretty and well painted statue
Boxed
A popular religious depiction of Saint Rita during her partial
Stigmata
, though historically inaccurate, she is wearing a black
Augustinian
habit instead of the brown robe and white veil of Monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene from the 13th century.
Mother, Widow, Stigmatist, Consecrated Religious
Born
1381
Roccaporena
,
Perugia
,
Umbria
,
Italy
Died
May 22, 1457
Cascia
, Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Veneratedin
Roman Catholic Church
Aglipayan Church
Beatified
1626 by
Pope Urban VIII
Canonized
May 24, 1900,
Vatican City
,
Rome
by
Pope Leo XIII
Major
shrine
Cascia
,
Italy
Feast
May 22
Attributes
Forehead wound, Rose, Bees, grape vine
Patronage
Lost and impossible causes, sickness, wounds, marital problems, abuse, mothers
Controversy
Spousal abuse
,
Feud
,
Family honor
,
Loneliness