page_title: Zita
section_title: Death and canonization
hierarchical_section_title: Zita / Death and canonization
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le corps momifié de Zita de Lucques dans sa châsse, exposée dans la basilique San Frediano à Lucques (Toscane, Italie) English: The mummified body of Saint Zita in its reliquary on display in the basilica of San Frediano in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.
context_page_description: Zita is an Italian saint, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys.
context_section_description: Zita died peacefully in the Fatinelli house on April 27, 1272. It is said that a star appeared above the attic where she slept at the moment of her death. She was 60 years old, and had served and edified the family for 48 years. By the time of her death, she had become practically venerated by the family.  After 150 miracles had been attributed to Zita's intercession and recognized by the church, she was canonized in 1696.
  Her body was exhumed in 1580, discovered to be incorrupt, but has since become mummified.  Saint Zita's body is currently on display for public veneration in the Basilica di San Frediano in Lucca.
  Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is April 27. To this day, families bake a loaf of bread in celebration of Saint Zita's feast day.
caption: The body of Saint Zita, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church
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