Sentieri di Santa Rita

Why it matters

Cascia and Roccaporena are linked by the life and devotional history of Santa Rita. Pilgrimage traditions connect the town where she entered the Augustinian community with her birthplace in Roccaporena. The places form a cultural landscape associated with her veneration and the wider religious history of Umbria.

What to notice

The route between the two settlements follows an older connection between Roccaporena's sites associated with Rita's life and the Augustinian monastery at Cascia. The surrounding upland landscape includes villages, pasture and the Valle del Fiume Corno.

Context and history

The path between Cascia and Roccaporena predates the modern road. Pilgrims have travelled between the village's sites associated with Rita and the monastery at Cascia since at least the fifteenth century. Modern pilgrimage institutions formalised this tradition as part of a wider network connected with the Cammino di San Benedetto.