![]() ![]() ![]() The other servants interpreted her piety as posturing.īy her meek and humble self-restraint, she at last succeeded in overcoming the malice of her fellow-servants. Seeing how fond everyone was of Zita, the older maid did everything in her power to discredit her as negligent and lazy. Signora Fatinelli allowed Zita to attend school for a year and then put her to be trained under an older maid. Her elder sister became a Cistercian nun.Īlthofen - Pfarrkirche - Hochaltar - ZitaĪt the age of 12, she became a servant in the household of the Fatinellis, a well-to-do family of silk merchants. Her maternal uncle, Graziano, was a hermit who dwelt on a neighboring mountain where he had built a church and a shelter for travelers. Zita was born in Tuscany in a village not far from Lucca, to Giovanni and Buonissima Lombardo. Zita was known for her kindness and generosity to the poor. She spent her days doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Through her diligence and fidelity, she became a trusted and valued servant. Zita entered domestic service at the age of twelve and served the same family for almost fifty years. ![]() Osyth or Ositha, an important English Saint with a town named after her. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys. Zita (c.1212 – 27 April 1272), also known as Sitha or Citha, was an Italian saint, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants. Miracle of Saint Zita by Bernardo Strozziĭomestic servants, homemakers, lost keys, people ridiculed for their piety, single laywomen, waiters, waitresses, Italian City of Lucca ![]()
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