USanta Rita waseCascia, umgcini wemishado
UMargherita Lotti, owaziwa ngelika Santa Rita, wazalwa ngo-1381. Esegqoke izingubo ezisogwini wenza izimangaliso zakhe zokuqala. Kuthiwa ngelinye ilanga abazali bakaRita bematasa besebenza emasimini, babeshiye ingane embelekweni ngaphansi kwesihlahla. Kwaduma izinyosi ezimbalwa ezimhlophe eduze kwakhe. Umlimi, owayesanda kulimala isandla sakhe, wakubona lokho wabe esezama ukubadudula ngesitho esilimele. Ngaleso sikhathi waphola kwangathi ngesimangaliso inxeba lanyamalala ngokuphelele.
Izimangaliso zikaSanta Rita
URita wakhula. Wayengumntwana okhuthele futhi ozinikele. Eminyakeni yobudala 16 Nokho, ngemva kweminyaka eminingi abazali bakhe banquma ukumshada nendoda enobudlova, ayephuma kuyo 2 izingane. Umsolwa wabulawa ezinye izigebengu kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi izingane zakhe nazo zashona ngenxa yokugula.
U-Rita wahamba yedwa, wafuna induduzo ekukholweni ngokuyohlala indlu yezindela. Esigodlweni sezindela uRita wanakekela eyodwa piante okwathi lapho ifika kwaba ukhuni olulula. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi ngenxa yokunakekelwa kwakhe kwaba umvini omangalisayo njalo ngonyaka uzala Amagilebhisi amhlophe.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka ukuhlonishwa kukaSanta Rita Kristu wakhula waze wafuna ukuzwa ukuhlupheka kwakhe. Futhi kwenzeka kanjalo. Ngelinye ilanga ngizindla ngokubethelwa futhi ngibuka umqhele wameva, omunye wanamathela esiphongweni. Wawuthwala ngokuhlupheka iminyaka engu-15, kwaze kwaba usuku lokufa kwakhe.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ashone, wacela umzala wakhe ukuba amlethele rose kanye namakhiwane amabili. Umzala ubengakholwa njengoba kusebusika nezimbali bezingakaqhakazi. Kodwa, lapho efika ensimini kaRocca Polena, wabona i-rose namakhiwane ama-2 eqhweni. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi i rosa yaba uphawu lukaSanta Rita.
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa washona futhi okhukhweni lokufa sabona ukufika kuka izinyosi ezimnyama. Umbazi othobekile ozinikele kuNgcwele wayengathanda ukumakhela ibhokisi kodwa ngeshwa wayelahlekelweukusetshenziswa kwezandla. Ngalolo suku esondela okhukhweni lokufa ukuze avalelise okokugcina, ngendlela eyisimangaliso ephulukisiwe futhi wakwazi ukumakhela isifuba esithobekile ayemthembise sona.