Saint Rita of Cascia

Born: 1381, Roccaporena, Italy
Died: May 22, 1457, Cascia, Italy
Patron of: lost and impossible causes, sickness, wounds, marital problems and abuse
Canonized On: May 24, 1900, Rome
Feast Day: May 22
What they taught us: Though she had an abusive husband, she treated him with kindness and won him over, he became a new person. Before she could be accepted into the convent, she had to make peace with her husbands murderers, so she did. Taught kindness