Blessed St. Rita Holy Card - Vintage Italian Prayer

Keep Saint Rita of Cascia, patroness of impossible causes, close at hand with this vintage Italian holy card from her sanctuary at Roccaporena. The front reproduces a 17th-century painting of the saint kneeling in prayer before the crucifix; the reverse carries the traditional Italian prayer to St. Rita, stamped by the Opera S. Rita of Roccaporena di Cascia.

• Size: approximately 2.5" x 4.5" (6.5 cm x 11.5 cm)
• Origin: Made in Italy at the Sanctuary of St. Rita, Roccaporena di Cascia
• Condition: authentic vintage, with natural aging and a small mounting hole
• Blessing: Blessed by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square
• Shipping: Ships from Rome, Italy

Rita of Cascia (1381-1457) forgave the men who murdered her husband, entered the Augustinian convent, and bore the wound of Christ's crown of thorns on her forehead for fifteen years. Catholics still ask her intercession when a cause seems beyond hope.