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Sister Rita Montella | |
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| Born | Cristina Montella April 3, 1920 |
| Died | November 26, 1992 (aged 72 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Augustinian nun and mystic |
Rita Montella, O.S.A, also known as Christina Montella, (April 3, 1920 – November 26, 1992) was an Italian Augustinian nun and mystic.
Life[edit]
Rita Montella was born in Cercola, a town on the outskirts of Naples, on April 3, 1920, as the eighth child of Francesca D'Avanzo and Luigi Montella. Her parents were poor, and her mother supplemented their income by making bulrush chairs. Despite her father holding several jobs, he was not particularly well-paid. Montella was baptized on April 8, 1920, and received her first communion on June 21, 1926, at the age of six. She was confirmed on June 21, 1931.
Due to her family's poverty, Montella spent very little time at home, and was instead taken in by her aunt, Carolina Manna, and her older sister, Giuseppina, who taught her sewing and embroidery. It was at her aunt's home that Montella's supernatural experiences began, in the sewing room where a picture of St. Gerard Maiella was hanging. Maiella was a young Redemptorist coadjutor friar who was a cook, tailor, nurse, bursar, and bursar.[1]
After spending several years with her aunt, Montella returned to her parental home, but her supernatural experiences had caused significant spiritual changes in her. She now loved to be alone to pray, and as a child had already felt a calling to offer her sufferings to Jesus for the salvation of sinners. As an act of penance, she slept on the floor with a rock, and at the age of six, tied a cord around her waist over her flesh, which she had to remove 15 years later because it had become embedded in her flesh and was causing her pain.
Montella's father was anti-fascist, and so when she was in fifth grade at the age of 10, she had to suspend her schooling to avoid belonging to the Little Italian Girls, a fascist group for girls between the ages of 8 and 14. She then spent her time doing housework and also helping in the parish, teaching catechism to the children, and for a time, even leading a women's Catholic Action group as president.
After completing her spiritual education, she became a nun and took the name Rita, becoming known as Sister Rita Montella, O.S.A. Throughout her life, Sister Rita continued to have spiritual experiences and her reputation as a mystic spread, drawing many people to seek her spiritual guidance. She passed away on November 26, 1992.
References[edit]
- ^ Siccardi Cristina, La monja que salvó a Juan Pablo II, 2014, p. 107.
Category:20th-century Italian Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns
Category:1920 births
Category:1992 deaths