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title: "St. Rita of Cascia: Feast Day May 22 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rita-of-cascia/
description: "St. Rita of Cascia, Religious, patron of impossible causes and troubled marriages. Remembered on May 22, died c. 1457. Read their life in Bless."
---

Religious · Remembered on May 22

# St. Rita of Cascia

St. Rita of Cascia is remembered on May 22 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of impossible causes and troubled marriages.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [May 22](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/#22) |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | c. 1457 |
| Patron of | [impossible causes](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#impossible-causes), [troubled marriages](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#troubled-marriages) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, May 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rita-of-cascia/#calendar) |

## Life

An Umbrian peasant girl married against her wishes to a violent man, whose eighteen years of patience and prayer finally gentled him — shortly before he was murdered in a vendetta. When her two sons swore revenge, she prayed they might die rather than kill; both fell ill and died forgiving.

Thrice refused by the Augustinian nuns of Cascia, she was finally admitted and lived forty years in prayer and care for the sick. In her last years a wound as of a thorn from the Crown appeared on her forehead. With Jude, she shares the patronage of the impossible.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Rita of Cascia as patron of impossible causes and troubled marriages.

[Impossible causes](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#impossible-causes) [Troubled marriages](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#troubled-marriages)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Rita of Cascia. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Saturday, May 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/22/) | Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Sirach 17:1-15 · Psalm 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18 · Matthew 11:25 · Mark 10:13-16 |
| [Monday, May 22, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/05/22/) | Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter | White | Acts 16:11-15 · Psalm 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b · John 15:26b, 27a · John 15:26—16:4a |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[May 21 St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-christopher-magallanes-and-companions/) [May 23 St. John Baptist de Rossi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-baptist-de-rossi/)

[All the saints of May](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/) [Born on May 22?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#05-22) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Rita of Cascia

Remembered on May 22

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rita-of-cascia/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rita-of-cascia/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rita-of-cascia/#calendar)

In the app

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