OFFERED  IS  A  PAINTING  ON  METAL  OF  SAINT  RITA  OF  CASCIA
I AM THE SECOND OWNER/ PURCHASED FROM A CONVENT SALE FROM
THE SISTERS.

IT IS 17 1.2" WIDE  X  23 1/2" HIGH.  PLEASE VIEW ALL PHOTOS /YOU CAN
SEE ANY MISSING PAINT SCRATCHES ETC.  

HER STORY IS REALLY WONDERFUL/ SHE HAD WANTED TO BECOME A NUN /BUT WAS PROMISED IN MARRIAGE TO PAOLO MANCINI/ THEY HAD
TWIN BOYS.  HER HUSBAND WAS KILLED OVER POLITICAL DIFFERENCES
IN THE TOWN ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK.  HER SONS WERE MOVED
BY THE "UNWRITTEN" LAW OF VENDETTA.  BUT BOTH BOYS DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES.  SHE WAS TURNED AWAY THE FIRST TIME SHE ASKED
TO ENTER THE CONVENT/ BUT THE SECOND TIME WAS ACCEPTED.
ONE DAY WHILE IN PRAYER IN FRONT OF CRUCIFIED JESUS/ SHE FELT A
SHARP STABBING PAIN.  IT WAS A THORN FROM JESUS'S CROWN OF THORNS.  FOR 15 YRS SHE BORE THIS STIGMATIZATION AND WAS CONSTANTLY IN PAIN. 
A RELATIVE FROM HER HOME TOWN OF ROCCAPORENA/ITALY  WITNESSED HER STIGMATA AND BEING NEAR THE END RITA ASKED IF
SHE COULD HAVE A ROSE FROM HER PARENTS GARDEN.  NOW MIND YOU
IT IS JANUARY/ THE RELATIVE WENT THERE AND SAW ONE PERFECT BLOOMING ROSE AND TOOK IT BACK TO HER.   SHE WENT FROM THE
SAINT OF THE THORN TO THE SAINT OF THE ROSE.

COMES FROM A SMOKE & PET FREE HOME

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ HER STORY AND VISIT.