Another anniversary of death to report. It was on this day in 1989 that the Venerable Zita, Her Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty The Empress of Austria, Apostolic Queen of Hungary died. The wife of Blessed Karl, Emperor, she survived her husband by 67 years. When Karl was beatified, the day chosen for his Feast was not the usual day of his death, 1 April, but the date of his marriage to Zita, 21 October. Her Cause has been opened and she has been declared a Servant of God, with a joint Feast day with Blessed Karl.May she join her beloved husband in the honours of the Altar. Blessed Karl, pray for your beloved Zita's beatification!
In honour of them both, here is 'Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze', the Imperial Hymn, as sung at the funeral of their son, the Archduke Otto, my youngest daughter's Godfather.
Bld Karl and Ven. Zita
on their wedding day.
The Empress on her deathbed
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