Feast Day · August 23
Rose of Lima
Patron ofLatin America, Peru, Philippines, Florists
SituationsFamily Difficulties, Penance, Vanity
ProfessionsFlorists, Gardeners
Life
Saint Rose of Lima was the first saint born in the Americas to be canonized. Born Isabel Flores de Oliva in Lima, Peru, in 1586, she took the name Rose and lived a life of extreme penance and mystical prayer as a Dominican tertiary. She cared for the sick and poor in her home and is the patroness of Latin America.
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