Saint Rita Signet Ring "EXCLUSIVE"

Saint Rita Signet Ring EXCLUSIVE St Rita was born at Roccaporena near Spoleto Umbria Italy She married at age 12 to Paolo Mancini Her parents arranged her marriage despite the fact that she repeatedly begged them to allow her to enter a convent Mancini was a rich quick tempered immoral man who made many enemies in the region St Rita endured his insults abuse and infidelities for 18 years and bore two sons with Mancini Giangiacomo Antonio and Paolo Maria Although she tried to raise them with Catholic values her sons grew to be like their father Toward the end of her husband s life St Rita helped convert him to live in a more pious manner Although Mancini became more congenial his allies betrayed him and he was violently stabbed to death Before his death he repented to St Rita and the Church and she forgave him for his transgressions against her After Mancini s murder her sons wished to exact revenge on their father s murderers Knowing murder was wrong she tried to persuade them from retaliating but to no avail She instead prayed to God for Him to take away the lives of her sons instead of seeing them commit such a terrible sin In religious history God heard St Rita s words and her sons died of natural causes a year later After the deaths of her husband and sons St Rita desired to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene at Cascia but was spurned for being a widow as virginity was required for entry into the convent However she persisted in her cause and was given a condition before the convent could accept her the difficult task of reconciling her family with her husband s murderers She was able to resolve the conflicts between the families at the age of 36 and was allowed to enter the monastery However her actual entrance into the monastery has been described as a miracle During the night when the doors to the monastery were locked and the sisters were asleep St Rita was miraculously transported into the convent by her patron saints Saint John the Baptist Saint Augustine and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino When she was found inside the convent in the morning and the sisters learned of how she entered they could not turn her away One day while living at the convent Rita said Please let me suffer like you Divine Saviour Suddenly a thorn from a figure of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ fell from the crown of thorns and wounded Rita s forehead As a result depictions of St Rita show a forehead wound to represent this event She remained at the monastery living by the Augustinian Rule until her death She is Patron Saint of Lost and impossible causes sickness wounds marital problems abuse mothers and recently Baseball

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