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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 · St. Rose of Lima (born April 20/30, 1586, Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru [now in Peru]—died August 24, 1617, Lima; canonized April 12, 1671; feast day August 23, formerly August 30) was the first person born in the Western Hemisphere to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
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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.
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.
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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Aug 23, 2023 · Read More. ... and what was her most extraordinary gift, anyway? On her feast day, Aug. 23, Father Dan Cambra, MIC, introduces us to St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617), a powerful intercessor in Heaven and first saint of the Americas.
ROSE OF LIMA, ST. Patron of Peru; b. Lima, Peru, April 20, 1586; d. there, Aug. 24, 1617. She was the daughter of a conquistador from Puerto Rico, Gaspar de Flores, who had arrived in Peru in 1548, and the young Mar í a de Oliva. She was baptized Isabel de Flores, May 25, 1586, the Feast of Pentecost.
