Cascia

Italy / Umbria / Cascia /
 village, religion, municipality, commune - administrative division, catholicism

Cascia is a town and comune (township) of the Italian province of Perugia in a rather remote area of the mountainous southeastern corner of Umbria. It is about 21 km from Norcia .
Cascia was the home of Saint Rita of Cascia, who was born in the nearby village of Roccaporena in 1381 and died there in 1457. After her canonization in 1900, a large shrine was built in Cascia, which is still an important place of pilgrimage; and the house where she was born may still be visited.
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Coordinates:   42°43'2"N   13°1'0"E
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