Saint Zita

Also known as: Sitha
Citha
Memorial: 27 April
Profile: At age twelve she became a domestic servant for a family in Lucca, Italy, a position she kept all her life. She often gave her own food, and sometimes that of her master, to those poorer than herself, which caused her great trouble in the household.
Born: 1218 at Monsagrati near Lucca, Italy
Died: 27 April 1272 at Lucca, Italy
Canonized: 5 September 1696 by Pope Leo X and Pope Innocent XII (cultus confirmed)
Patronage: against losing keys
butlers
domestic servants
homemakers
housemaids
lost keys
maids
manservants
people ridiculed for their piety
rape victims
servants
servers
single laywomen
waiters
waitpersons
waitresses
Prayers: Prayer to...
Representation: bag
keys
loaves
rosary
serving maid with a bag and keys
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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