by Suzanne Stratford
Mother Angelica was known to millions of viewers as the keen-witted, straight-talking Catholic nun, but in Canton, Ohio, she's remembered as a local girl who grew up to make their city proud. Born Rita Rizzo on April 20, 1923, she was by all accounts a kind-hearted Italian-American girl. At the age of 19, she experienced debilitating pain caused by a stomach ailment.
At the time, another Canton woman was garnering attention after reportedly being miraculously healed inside her "depression-era shack" at 2337 25th St. NE after doctors sent her home to die. Before the discovery of antibiotics, Rhoda Wise was inexplicably cured, of a massive infection following the removal the removal of a 39-pound abdominal tumor. She also experienced a condition called "stigmata" where bleeding on the body occurs corresponding with the wounds Jesus suffered on the cross.
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