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10 facts about st rose of lima

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  • Feast Day:     August 23

    Born: April 1586 in Lima, Peru
    Died: August 1617 in Lima, Peru
    Beatified: 1667 by Clement IX
    Canonized: 1671 by Clement X


    Biography

    Isabel del Flores y del Olivia, known to history as St. Rose of Lima, was born in Lima, Peru, on 20th April 1586. Her father, Gaspar del Flores, was a well-to-do Spaniard and her mother, Maria del Olivia, was of Spanish descent with a mixture of Inca blood. The baby was one of ten siblings. She was baptized on the day of her birth, with her aunt, Isabel de Herrara, acting as her godmother. The baby was named after her aunt, Isabel. Because the child was so beautiful, she was nicknamed Rosa or Rose. History and her family would call her by this name.

    Rose was born a little over fifty years after the fabulous land of Peru had been discovered and forcefully seized for Spain by the conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Rose's life can be understood properly within the historical context in which she was born and lived. It was an age of extremes. It was a time of recent foreign conquests, brutality and injustices inf
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    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. In 1533this enterprising conquistador subdued the native population and took over as his capital the island city of Cuzco, with its strange Inca temples, palaces, and great fortress. Two years later the seat of government was transferred to Lima, a city on the coast, which came to be called the “royal city of kings,” because of its architectural splendors. Dominican friars and the representatives of other religious orders were in the vanguard of a great migration from Spain and Portugal that meant a long, dangerous journey across the Atlantic, across the isthmus of Panama, and down the western coast of SouthAmerica. To implant Christianity in the new empire was a major aim; while the civilian population, European and native, were working the mines and raisi

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    August 23: Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin—Optional Memorial

    1586–1617
    Patron Saint of the Americas, Peru, embroiderers, florists, gardeners, needleworkers, and people ridiculed for their piety
    Invoked against vanity and self-love
    Canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671
    Liturgical Color: White
    Version: Full – Short

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    Quote:
    Lord, increase my sufferings, and with them increase Your love in my heart…
    Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. ~Saint Rose of Lima

    Reflection: In 1532, Spanish explorers arrived in modern-day Peru. They soon became covetous of the silver and gold that was plentiful in this New World. Over the next several years, missionaries from the Mercedarians, Dominicans, Franciscans, and Augustinians arrived on Spanish ships with the purpose of sharing the Gospel to the ends of the earth. The missionaries tried to temper the often-brutal Spanish conquerors. In 1537, Pope Paul III, concerned about re

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