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The parish was founded in 1900. Rita of Cascia was canonized on May 24, 1900, and Archbishop Corrigan decided to name the parish in honor of the new saint. The cornerstone was laid in November 1900 and the church was consecrated in October 1904.
Rita of Cascia, OSA (born Margherita Ferri Lotti; 1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun.After Rita's husband died, she joined a small community of nuns, who later became Augustinians, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh [1] and for the efficacy of her prayers.
The basilica was built in the early twentieth century to provide a larger church to house the much visited relics of the former nun, Saint Rita of Cascia, who was canonized in 1900. The initial impulse was guided by the Abbess Maria Teresa Fasce , now considered a blessed individual by the Roman Catholic church.
St. Rita's Church is a parish church governed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in Staten Island, New York City, founded in 1921. Named for the same saint, the Bronx parish of St. Rita of Cascia was established in 1900.
St. Rita of Cascia Parish – Established in 2015. St. Rita of Cascia Church (448 College Ave.) – Established in 1904, merged in 2015. St. Pius V Church (416-418, 420 East 145th) – Established in 1906, merged in 2015. St. Simon Stock - St. Joseph Parish (2191 Valentine Ave.) – Established in 2015.
Altar of St. Rita de Casia. The parish is the site where the Holy Relic of Saint Rita de Cascia is enshrined. The parish first obtained the First Class Relic of the saint through the help and assistance of His Excellency, Most Rev. Riccardo Fontana of Spoleto-Norcia, Italy, the archdiocese to which Cascia belongs.
Church of St. Rita of Cascia in Casalotti alley. Seat of the parish of the same name. Church of St. Gemma Galgani, the streets Porcareccia Castle, home of the "parish of Saints Rufina and Second." Church of Santa Maria in Piazza Castello di Porcareccia, inside the castle of Porcareccia. Church of St. Mark the Evangelist and Pius X, in the Casal ...
The Chiesa di Santa Rita da Cascia in Campitelli is a deconsecrated church in Rome , in the rione Sant'Angelo; it is located in Via Montanara, at the crossroad with Via del Teatro Marcello. The church formerly rose on the preexisting church of San Biagio de Mercato , dating at least to the 11th-century.