[3]:55 At the beginning of the reign, Charles was more often than not away from Vienna, so he had a telephone line installed from Baden (where Charles's military headquarters were located) to the Hofburg. [1]:2 To move between them, they took a special train with sixteen coaches to accommodate the family and their belongings.[3]:7. St. Zita. Robert moved his large family between Villa Pianore (a large property located between Pietrasanta and Viareggio) and his castle in Schwarzau in lower Austria. Other members of the exiled Habsburg dynasty, however, claimed much of this money, and there were regular petitions for help from former Imperial officials. St Zita was diligent, hard working and patient. When she was 12, she moved into the home of a wealthy wool merchant in Lucca, Italy, as part of the cleaning staff. In 1982, the restrictions were eased, and she returned to Austria after having been absent for six decades. As the story goes, the Lord intervened as necessary. [1]:1 The unusual name Zita was given to her after Zita, a popular Italian Saint who had lived in Tuscany in the 13th century. At the age of twelve she entered the service of the Fatinelli family of Lucca. She never kept anything for herself but the poor garments which she wore: everything else she gave to the poor. lib. ii. Always when she communicated, and often when she heard mass, and on other occasions, she melted in sweet tears of divine love: she was often favoured with ecstasies during her prayers. He asked if the rumor was true and when told it was not, he replied, "Well, I had better hurry in any case or she will get engaged to someone else."[1]:8. She was to spend the next two years touring the United States and Canada to raise funds for war-ravaged Austria and Hungary. "[3]:36, At Franz Joseph's request, Zita and her children left their residence at Hetzendorf and moved into a suite of rooms at Schönbrunn Palace. Patron Saint of: domestic workers, maids, lost keys. Zita was born in the year 1218 at Monsagrati near Lucca, Italy. [3]:74, In April 1918, after the German-Russian Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Austrian Foreign Minister Count Ottokar Czernin made a speech attacking incoming French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau as being the main obstacle to a peace favouring the Central Powers. The judge of the tribunal is Father Bruno Bonnet. How long will the footprints on the moon last? They had met as children but did not see one another for almost ten years, as each pursued their education. | Irondale, AL 35210 |. Model and heavenly patroness of domestic servants, born early in the thirteenth century of a poor family at Montsegradi, a little village near Lucca, in Tuscany; died at Lucca, 27 April, 1271. She considered her work as an employment assigned her by God, and as part of her penance; and obeyed her master and mistress in all things as being placed over her by God. All Rights Reserved. Zita was born in Tuscany in the village of Monsagrati, not far from Luccawhere, at the age of 12, she became a servant in the Fatinelli household. [3]:329 Following an ancient custom, the Empress had asked that her heart, which was placed in an urn, stay behind at Muri Abbey, in Switzerland, where the Emperor's heart had rested for decades. To this day, families bake a loaf of bread in celebration of St. Zita's feast day. Copyright © 2020 Multiply Media, LLC. [3]:271–272 The Habsburgs then fled to the Spanish border, reaching it on 18 May. [1]:8 Zita in later years recalled that after her engagement she had expressed to Charles her worries about the fate of the Austrian Empire and the challenges of the monarchy. She was thoroughly persuaded that labour is enjoined all men as a punishment of sin, and as a remedy for the spiritual disorders of their souls; and far from ever harbouring in her breast the least uneasiness, or expressing any sort of complaint under contradictions, poverty, and hardships, and still more from ever entertaining the least idle, inordinate, or worldly desire, she blessed God for placing her in a station in which she was supplied with the most effectual means to promote her sanctification, by the necessity of employing herself in penitential labour, and of living in a perpetual conformity and submission of her will to others. Her funeral was held in Vienna on 1 April. Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is April 27. Energetic and strong-willed, Zita accompanied her husband to the provinces and to the front, as well as occupying herself with charitable works and hospital visits to the war-wounded. [3]:329 Zita's body was carried to the Imperial Crypt under Capuchin Church[5][6] in the same funeral coach she had walked behind during the funeral of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916. [3]:5–6 It was mainly in these two residences that Zita spent her formative years. St. Zita. Charles's great-uncle, the 81-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph, attended the wedding. Upon suspecting this, the Fatinelli family went to the cupboard to find it full - the beans hand been miracuously replaced. She spoke little, and was most assiduous at her work; but her business never seemed to interrupt her prayers. Charles initiated contact with Sixtus through contacts in neutral Switzerland, and Zita wrote a letter inviting him to Vienna. Pope Leo X sanctioned a liturgical cult within the church in the early 16th century, and was confirmed upon her canonization. With some difficulty, Strutt managed to arrange a train to Switzerland, enabling the Emperor to leave the country with dignity without having to abdicate. She had already developed a strong prayer life by the time she was sent, at age 12, to work in the home of the Fatinelli family in Lucca. Her daily work became a part of her religious life. Zita feared this prosperity more than adversity, and trembled lest it should be a snare to her soul. [3]:61 Charles agreed, in principle, to the first three points and wrote a letter to Sixtus dated 25 March 1917 which sent "the secret and unofficial message" to the President of France that "I will use all means and all my personal influence". Vice postulator for Hungary is Catholic theologian Norbert Nagy. If she heard others spoken ill of, she zealously took upon her their defence and excused their faults. At first, her employers were upset by her generous gifts of food to the poor, but in time, they were completely won over by her patience and goodness and she became a very close friend. [2]:151, After Charles's death, the former Austrian imperial family were soon to move again. Copyright © 2020 Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. Irondale, Alabama. In fact, of the twenty-four children only three including me, were actually born in Italy. As he did so he said, 'May God bless Your Majesty.' Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma was born at the Villa Pianore in the Italian Province of Lucca, 9 May 1892.: 1 The unusual name Zita was given to her after Zita, a popular Italian Saint who had lived in Tuscany in the 13th century. Lucca is in Tuscany; and since the Third Order was widely propagated there after its founding, this holy servant girl of the thirteenth century would quite naturally join its ranks. [3]:99 Czernin had actually been in contact with the German Embassy throughout the whole crisis and attempted to persuade the Emperor to step down because of the Affair.

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