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Cascia is a town 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 frazione 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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