STORIA DI S. RITA
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S. Rita nacque nel 1381 e morì nel 1457, nacque a Roccaparena di Cascia e secondo la tradizione i genitori erano “pacieri di Cristo”, nelle lotte tra guelfi e ghibellini, intorno ai quindici anni andò in sposa a Paolo di Ferdinando e dal matrimonio nacquero due figli, forse gemelli. La vita di Rita fu sconvolta dall’assassinio del marito ma riuscì a perdonare pienamente chi le aveva procurato tanto dolore. Probabilmente i figli morirono adolescenti. Rimasta sola entrò nel monastero Agostiniano di Santa Maria Maddalena di Cascia e consacrò totalmente a Dio il resto della sua vita. Dopo la morte il culto fu immediato come testimoniano il primo Sarcofago, conservato nel Monastero di Cascia, e il Codex Miracolorum, entrambi del 1457.

HISTORY OF ST. RITA

S. Rita was born in 1381 and died in 1457,she was born in Roccaparena of Cascia and according to tradition, the parents were "peacemakers of Christ," in the struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines, when she was about fifteen years old she married Paul Ferdinand and from the marriage two children were born, maybe twins. Rita's life was shattered by the assassination of her husband, but she was able to fully forgive those who had caused her so much pain. Probably the children died young. Left by herself, she entered the Augustinian monastery of St. Mary Magdalene in Cascia and consecrated herself totally to God for the rest of her life. After her death the cult was immediate as evidenced by the first sarcophagus, preserved in the Monastery of Cascia, and the Codex Miracolorum, both from 1457.