History of saint zita

Italian saint

This article is about the Italian saint. For other uses, see Zita (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with St. Osyth or Ositha, an English saint.

Saint Zita of Lucca
Arnould de Vuez, Sainte Zite (1696), Hospice Comtesse
Born	c. 1212 Monte Sagrati, near Lucca, Italy
Died	April 27, 1272 (aged 59–60) Lucca, Italy
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	5 September 1696 (confirmation of cult) by Pope Innocent XII
Major shrine	Basilica di San Frediano, Lucca
Feast	27 April
Attributes	depicted with a bag, keys
Patronage	Domestic servants, homemakers, lost keys, people ridiculed for their piety, single laywomen, waiters, waitresses, Lucca

Zita (c. 1212 – 27 April 1272), also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants.

She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys.

Zita entered domestic service at the age