Rose of Lima
| Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. | |
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| Virgin and penitent | |
| Born | Isabel Flores De Oliva April 20, 1586 Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru Spanish Empire |
| Died | August 24, 1617 (aged 31) Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru Spanish Empire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion |
| Beatified | April 15, 1667 or 1668, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement IX |
| Canonized | April 12, 1671, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement X |
| Major shrine |
Lima, Peru |
| Feast | August 23 August 30 (some Latin American countries and pre-1970 General Roman Calendar) |
| Attributes | rose, anchor, Infant Jesus |
| Patronage | embroiderers; gardeners; florists; India; Latin America; people ridiculed or misunderstood for their piety; for the resolution of family quarrels; indigenous peoples of the Americas; Peru; Philippines; Villareal; Santa Rosa, California; Santa Rosa, Laguna; Alcoy, Cebu; against vanity; Lima; Peruvian Police Force |
Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the city through her own private efforts. A lay member of the Dominican Order, she has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, being the first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a saint.
As a saint, Rose of Lima is designated as a co-patroness of the Philippines along with Saint Pudentiana, who were both moved as second-class patronage in September 1942 by Pope Pius XII, but remains the primary patroness of Peru and the indigenous natives of Latin America. Her image is featured on the highest denomination banknote of Peru.
She was born Isabel Flores de Oliva in the city of Lima, then in the Viceroyalty of Peru, on April 20, 1586. She was one of the many children of Gaspar Flores, a harquebusier in the Imperial Spanish army, born in Baños de Montemayor (Spain), and his wife, María de Oliva y Herrera, a criolla native of Lima. Her later nickname "Rose" comes from an incident in her babyhood: a servant claimed to have seen her face transform into a rose. In 1597 she was confirmed by the Archbishop of Lima, Toribio de Mogrovejo, who was also to be declared a saint. She formally took the name of Rose at that time.
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