{"product_id":"pair-of-saint-rita-stud-earrings-p101900","title":"Pair of Saint Rita Stud Earrings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tickBgSm2\"\u003eThis pair of \u003cb\u003ehigh polished\u003c\/b\u003e \nsaint earrings is available in Solid .925 Sterling \nSilver, Gold Plated, or Solid 14k Gold\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tickBgSm2\"\u003eEach earring measures 1\/2 Inch x 1\/2 Inch.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSt. Rita was born at Roccaporena near Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. She married at age 12 to Paolo Mancini. Her parents \narranged her marriage, despite the fact that she repeatedly begged them to allow her to enter a convent. Mancini was a \nrich, quick-tempered, immoral man, who made many enemies in the region. St. Rita endured his insults, abuse, and \ninfidelities for 18 years, and bore two sons with Mancini, Giangiacomo Antonio and Paolo Maria. Although she tried to \nraise them with Catholic values, her sons grew to be like their father. Toward the end of her husband's life, St. Rita \nhelped convert him to live in a more pious manner. Although Mancini became more congenial, his allies betrayed him, and \nhe was violently stabbed to death. Before his death, he repented to St. Rita and the Church, and she forgave him for his \ntransgressions against her. After Mancini's murder, her sons wished to exact revenge on their father's murderers. \nKnowing murder was wrong, she tried to persuade them from retaliating, but to no avail. She, instead, prayed to God for \nHim to take away the lives of her sons instead of seeing them commit such a terrible sin. In religious history, God \nheard St. Rita's words and her sons died of natural causes a year later. After the deaths of her husband and sons, St. \nRita desired to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene at Cascia but was spurned for being a widow, as virginity \nwas required for entry into the convent. However, she persisted in her cause and was given a condition before the \nconvent could accept her; the difficult task of reconciling her family with her husband's murderers. She was able to \nresolve the conflicts between the families at the age of 36, and was allowed to enter the monastery. However, her actual \nentrance into the monastery has been described as a miracle. During the night, when the doors to the monastery were \nlocked and the sisters were asleep, St. Rita was miraculously transported into the convent by her patron saints Saint \nJohn the Baptist, Saint Augustine, and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. When she was found inside the convent in the morning \nand the sisters learned of how she entered, they could not turn her away. One day, while living at the convent Rita \nsaid, \"Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour\". Suddenly, a thorn from a figure of the crucifixion of Jesus \nChrist fell from the crown of thorns and wounded Rita's forehead. As a result, depictions of St. Rita show a forehead \nwound to represent this event. She remained at the monastery, living by the Augustinian Rule, until her death. She is \nPatron Saint of Lost and impossible causes, sickness, wounds, marital problems, abuse, mothers, and recently ... \nBaseball.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"AliviaDanny","offers":[{"title":"Stainless Steel \/ 1\/2 x 1\/2 IN","offer_id":45851411808412,"sku":"101900-309818-PSS","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sterling Silver \/ 1\/2 x 1\/2 IN","offer_id":45851411841180,"sku":"101900-309818","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gold Plated \/ 1\/2 x 1\/2 IN","offer_id":45851411873948,"sku":"101900-309819","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k Yellow Gold \/ 1\/2 x 1\/2 IN","offer_id":45851411906716,"sku":"101900-309820","price":349.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14K White Gold \/ 1\/2 x 1\/2 IN","offer_id":45851411939484,"sku":"101900-309821","price":349.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/4512\/6044\/files\/gp_34x0y_101900_1580930937.jpg?v=1766677515","url":"https:\/\/aliviadanny.myshopify.com\/products\/pair-of-saint-rita-stud-earrings-p101900","provider":"AliviaDanny","version":"1.0","type":"link"}