Denver, Colo., Apr 22, 2012 / 05:06 am. On April 27 the Catholic Church honors Saint Zita, a 13th century Italian woman whose humble and patient service to God has made her a patron saint of maids ...

Patron saint of domestic workers. Saint Zita foretold her death—April 27, 1278—when she was 60. There was an immediate public veneration for her.

St. Zita, if you've forgotten, is the patron saint of domestic servants, and Rendell's story focuses on the masters and servants who inhabit Georgian mansions on one block of Hexam Place near ...