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| Preface |
9 |
| I. Umbria, Cascia and Its Greatness |
18 |
| II. The Birthplace and Parents of St. Rita |
18 |
| III. St. Rita’s Birth |
23 |
| IV. The Early Years of St. Rita |
27 |
| V. St. Rita Begins to Lead a Life of Retirement, and Desires Ardently to Consecrate Her Virginity to God |
31 |
| VI. St. Rita Sacrifices Her Will on the Altar of Obedience and Consents to Enter the Marriage State |
36 |
| VII. St. Rita’s Marriage |
40 |
| VIII. St. Rita, by Her Humility and Patience, Converts Her Cruel Husband |
44 |
| IX. God Blesses the Marriage of St. Rita With Two Beautiful Children |
48 |
| X. The Virtues That St. Rita Practiced During Her Married Life |
52 |
| XI. Death of Ferdinando — Grief of St. Rita |
57 |
| XII. St. Rita Makes a Sacrifice of the Lives of Her Two Sons to God |
61 |
| XIII. The Penitential Life of St. Rita After the Death of Her Sons |
64 |
| XIV. St. Rita Applies for Admission into the Convent. Her Request is Denied |
67 |
| XV. St. Rita Enters the Maddalena Convent in a Miraculous Manner |
71 |
| XVI. St. Rita Distributes Her Temporal Goods Among the Poor and Receives the Augustinian Habit |
76 |
| XVII. St. Rita Makes Her Solemn Profession, She is Favored with a Mysterious Vision |
81 |
| XVIII. How St. Rita Observed the Vow of Obedience |
84 |
| XIX. The Evangelical Poverty St. Rita Professed and Practiced |
89 |
| XX. The Angelical Purity with which St. Rita Observed THE Vow of Chastity |
95 |
| XXI. Mortifications Practiced by St. Rita After She Became a Nun |
97 |
| XXII. St. Rita’s Admirable Progress in Virtue During Her Religious Life |
101 |
| XXIII. St. Rita’s Love for Prayer. The Wonderful Efficacy of Her Prayers |
106 |
| XXIV. St. Rita, Praying Before a Crucifix, Receives A Miraculous Wound on the Forehead |
111 |
| XXV. St. Rita’s Journey to Rome |
116 |
| XXVI. St. Rita’s Illness and the Signs that Attested Her Sanctity |
122 |
| XXVII. St. Rita’s Happy Death |
127 |
| XXVIII. Singular Events that Took Place Immediately After the Death of St. Rita |
132 |
| XXIX. The Worship with which St. Rita was Venerated After Her Death |
137 |
| XXX. The Privileges which the Body and Relics of St. Rita Enjoy |
140 |
| XXXI. Miracles that God Wrought Through the Intercession of St. Rita After Her Death |
145 |
| XXXII. The Solemn Beatification of St. Rita |
152 |
| XXXIII. Festivities Held at Rome and Cascia in Honor of the Solemn Beatification of St. Rita-. |
156 |
| XXXIV. Miracles Wrought by St. Rita After Her Beatification |
161 |
| XXXV. The Rapid Spread of Devotion to St. Rita |
165 |
| XXXVI. The Solemn Canonization of St. Rita |
169 |
| Conclusion |
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