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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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In her parents’ home, she set up one room as a free medical clinic for children who were poor and people who were elderly. This became the beginning of social service in Peru. In the last years of her life, Rose became very ill, and she died on August 24, 1617.
Canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671. Saint Rose was born in Lima in Spain’s new Viceroyalty of Peru, fifty-five years after Spanish colonization of the territory. Named Isabel Flores de Oliva, she was the seventh of eleven children.
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.
The Peruvian St. Rose of Lima lived a simple, austere and penitential life of consecration to God, marked by mysticism, prayer and service to the poor.
She was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. She was born on April 20 1586 in Lima, Peru and died on August 24 1617 in Lima, Peru. We celebrate her feast day on August 23 every year in the Catholic Church. Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin Biography.
23 Αυγ 2024 · St. Rose of Lima, born Isabel Flores de Oliva on April 20, 1586, in Lima, Peru, is celebrated as the first canonized saint of the Americas. Known for her deep piety, devotion, and life of penance, she holds a special place in the hearts of Catholics in South America and beyond.
