# Rita of Cascia

> A 15th-century widow who became an Augustinian nun and accumulated such a reputation for answered prayers that the Church eventually named her patroness of impossible causes — and, more quietly, of abused spouses.

*Italian Augustinian nun*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rita-of-cascia

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1381
- **Died:** 1457-05-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Margherita Ferri Lotti was born in 1381 in Italy, married, and later widowed. After her husband's death she entered a small community of nuns that became Augustinian, where she practiced mortification of the flesh and became known for prayers that seemed to work. Miracles were attributed to her intercession, and she began to be depicted with a bleeding forehead wound — a partial stigmata. She died on 22 May 1457. Over four centuries later, Pope Leo XIII canonized her on 24 May 1900, and at the ceremony gave her the title "Patroness of Impossible Causes." In Catholic countries she also became patroness of abuse victims, troubled marriages, widows, and the sick. Her body remains in the Basilica of Santa Rita of Cascia in Umbria.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 30.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 2.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_of_Cascia)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153024)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Rita%20of%20Cascia)
- [Rita da Cascia](https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_da_Cascia)
- [Рыта з Касіі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B7_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D1%96)
- [Rita de Càssia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_de_C%C3%A0ssia)
- [Rita z Cascie](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_z_Cascie)
- [Rita von Cascia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_von_Cascia)
- [Rita de Cascia](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_de_Cascia)
- [Rita de Casia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_de_Casia)
- [Rita Casciakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Casciakoa)
- [Rita Cascialainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Cascialainen)
- [Rita de Cascia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_de_Cascia)
- [Naomh Rita](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomh_Rita)
- [Rita de Cascia](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_de_Cascia)
- [ריטה הקדושה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94)
- [Sveta Rita](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveta_Rita)
- [Casciai Szent Rita](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casciai_Szent_Rita)
- [Ս. Ռիթա](https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D._%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A1)
- [Rita dari Cascia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_dari_Cascia)
- [Rita da Cascia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_da_Cascia)
- [カッシアのリタ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BF)
- [Rita](https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita)
- [Šv. Rita Kašietė](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0v._Rita_Ka%C5%A1iet%C4%97)
- [കാസിയായിലെ റീത്ത](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rita_de_C%C3%A0ssia)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rita_of_Cascia)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rita_da_Cascia)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ryta_z_Cascii)
- [ريتا من كاشيا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7)

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