St. Zita
Patron of servants
1212 - 1272
Zita (1218-1272) + Servant and miracle worker. Born at Monte Sagrati, Italy, she entered into the service of the Fratinelli family, wool dealers in Lucca, at the age of twelve. Immediately disliked by the other servants for her hard work and obvious goodness, she earned their special enmity because of her habit of giving away food and clothing to the poor including those of her employers. In time, she won over the members of the household. According to one tradition, the other servants were convinced when one day they found an angel taking Zita's place in baking and cleaning. Throughout her life she labored on behalf of the poor and suffering as well as criminals languishing in prisons. She was also credited with a variety of miracles. Canonized in 1696, she is the patroness of servants and is depicted in art with a bag and keys, or loaves of bread and a rosary. Feast day: April 27.
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Thank You for your help :) Just one idea for your site is that you should either put more information or put website referrences to other sites about the saint. :)
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thanks alot for dis good infoo . iwill use zita as my confirmation name :)
pls add more information about this saint her life is very interesting and also add some more information about other saints its very inspiring.. at home i like to read gospel comics at least when you read materials like this you are also INSPIRED TO DO GOOD THINGS. thank you and Adios Amigos
I am doing a small report on an in corrupt saint. I chose St. Zita. I thought the information was lacking, there wasn't enough of it for me. I didn't feel like this source really taught me much of anything. i would advise you to add more information about this Saint.
Hello,
My name is Alexandra and I am making my confirmation in a fortnight but I am really nervous. I really like the name Zita so I think I will choose it as my confirmation name. This page was very helpful. so thank you. I hope that if you have time you will be able to reply to my message soon.
Thank you!
Alexandra