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Rose of Lima, TOSD (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 – 24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance [4] and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts.
Apr 4, 2024 · Saint Rose of Lima, the first person born in the Western Hemisphere to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She is the patron saint of Peru and all of South America as well as of embroiderers, gardeners, and florists. Learn about her life as a lay Dominican in this article.
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Feastday: August 23. Patron: of Latin America and Philippines. Birth: 1586. Death: 1617. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable PDF of St. Rose of Lima. Shop St. Rose of Lima. Historians remember St. Rose of Lima for her piety and chastity. Born in 1586 in Lima, Peru to Spanish colonists, and named Isabel Flores de Olivia, she was ...
May 23, 2023 · August 23 marks the feast day of St. Rose of Lima — the first saint canonized from the New World. The Peruvian lived a simple, austere and penitential life of consecration to God, marked by mysticism, prayer and service to the poor.
Aug 23, 2022 · (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617) Saint Rose of Lima’s Story. The first canonized saint of the New World has one characteristic of all saints—the suffering of opposition—and another characteristic which is more for admiration than for imitation—excessive practice of mortification.
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St. Rose of Lima. Rose of Lima has a special claim on our interest for she has the honor of being the first person born in the Western Hemisphere to be canonized by the Church. Only a little more than half a century before her birth, the fabulous land of Peru had been discovered and seized for Spain by the explorer Francisco Pizarro.
Saint Rose of Lima (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), known as Santa Rosa (de Lima) in Spanish, was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a Catholic saint. Born in Lima, Peru, in 1586, she took the name of Rose at her confirmation in 1597.
