Rose of Lima

Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 24 August 1617) (, ), was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance His wife and Rose's mother, María de Oliva y Herrera (b. 1560), was a criolla native of Lima. She rejected all suitors against the objections of her friends and her family. Despite the censure of her parents, she spent many hours contemplating the Blessed Sacrament, which she received daily, an extremely rare practice in that period. She was determined to take a vow of virginity, which was opposed by her parents, who wished her to marry. She donned a heavy crown made of silver, with small spikes on the inside, in emulation of the Crown of Thorns worn by Christ. Pope Paul VI's 1969 revision of the calendar made 23 August available, the day on which her feast day is now celebrated throughout the world, including Spain, but excluding Peru and some other Latin American countries, where 30 August is a public holiday in her honor.

Early lives of Rosa were written by the Dominican Father Hansen, "Vita Sanctae Rosae" (2 vols., Rome, 1664–1668), and Vicente Orsini, afterward. Pope Benedict XIII wrote "Concentus Dominicano, Bononiensis ecclesia, in album Sanctorum Ludovici Bertrandi et Rosae de Sancta Maria, ordinero praedicatorum" (Venice, 1674).

There is a park named for her in downtown Sacramento, California. A plot of land at 7th and K streets was given to the Catholic Church by Peter Burnett, first Governor of the State of California. Father Peter Anderson built one of the first of two churches in the diocese to be consecrated under the patronage of St. Rose.

In the Caribbean twin-island state of Trinidad and Tobago, the Santa Rosa Carib Community, located in Arima, is the largest organization of indigenous peoples on the island. The second oldest parish in the Diocese of Port of Spain is also named after this saint. The Santa Rosa Church, which is located in the town of Arima, was established on 20 April 1786, as the Indian Mission of Santa Rosa de Arima, on the foundations of a Capuchin Mission previously established in 1749.

On the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia, there are two flower festivals supported by their Societies. Each society has a patron saint on whose feast day the grande fete is celebrated. For the Roses, it is the feast of St. Rose of Lima on 30 August; and for the Marguerites, it is that of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 17 October.

Rose's skull, surmounted with a crown of roses, is on public display at the Basilica in Lima, Peru, along with that of Martin de Porres. It was customary to keep the torso in the basilica and pass the head around the country.

She is also commemorated on 24 August in some places.

Patronage Saint Rose is the patroness of the Americas, the indigenous people of the Americas, and of Peru (especially the city of Lima), Sittard in the Netherlands, of the Indies, and of the Philippines.

In art

Legacy Colonial painting of Saint Rose of Lima (1680) by Colombian Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos. Colonial Art Museum of Bogotá. On the last weekend in August, the Fiesta de Santa Rosa is celebrated in Dixon, New Mexico, and the Sint Rosa Festival in Sittard, Netherlands. Also, in Sibbe, Netherlands, a maypole dedicated to Saint Rose is erected on the first Saturday after 23 August by the local Jonkheid.

A barony of Saint Rose of Lima was created in the Royal House of Rwanda on 25 July 2016 by the Catholic king in exile, King Kigeli V of Rwanda.

Dedicated parishes are located in:

Asia Cherai, Kerala, India Anayan, Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines Bagong Ilog and Sumilang, Pasig, Philippines Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, Philippines Santa Rosa de Lima, Alcoy, Cebu, Philippines Santa Rosa de Lima, Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines St. Rose of Lima, Teresa, Rizal, Philippines St. Rose of Lima, Bacacay, Albay, Philippines

Australia Kapunda, South Australia, Australia Collaroy Plateau, New South Wales, Australia Rosedale, Victoria, Australia

Europe Sittard, Netherlands Sibbe, Netherlands Weoley Castle, Birmingham, United Kingdom

North America Acadian Peninsula, New Brunswick, Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sooke, British Columbia, Canada Sainte Rose du Lac, Manitoba, Canada Santa Rosa de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico Iglesia Santa Rosa de Lima, Santa Rosa de Lima, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. Safford, Arizona, United States Chula Vista, California, United States Crockett, California, United States Maywood, California, US Paso Robles, California, United States Roseville, California, United States Santa Rosa, California, United States Simi Valley, California, United States Buena Vista, Colorado, United States Meriden, Connecticut, United States New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Closed 2022) Newtown, Connecticut, United States Milton, Florida, United States Miami Shores, Florida, United States Montrose, Illinois, United States Quincy, Illinois, United States Franklin, Indiana, United States Denison, Iowa, United States Great Bend, Kansas, United States Mount Vernon, Kansas, United States Cloverport, Kentucky, United States Jay, Maine, United States Baltimore, Maryland, United States Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States Northborough, Massachusetts, United States Topsfield, Massachusetts, United States Hastings, Michigan, United States Roseville, Minnesota, United States De Soto, Missouri, United States Dillon, Montana, United States Reno, Nevada, United States Littleton, New Hampshire, United States Belmar, New Jersey, United States East Hanover, New Jersey, United States Haddon Heights, New Jersey, United States Freehold, New Jersey, United States Short Hills, New Jersey, United States Buffalo, New York, United States Forestville, New York, United States Lima, New York, United States Massapequa, New York, United States New York, New York, United States North Syracuse, New York, United States Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York, United States Hillsboro, North Dakota, United States Perry, Oklahoma, United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States St. Rose, Ohio, United States Perrysburg, Ohio, United States Lima, Ohio, United States Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States Eddystone, Pennsylvania, United States Dillon, Montana, United States North Wales, Pennsylvania, United States York, Pennsylvania, United States Garretson, South Dakota, United States Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States Andice, Texas, United States Houston, Texas, United States San Antonio, Texas, United States Layton, Utah, United States Cheney, Washington, United States Cuba City, Wisconsin, United States Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States< Benavides, Texas, United States Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States<

South America

Santa Rosa Church, Paramaribo, Suriname Arima, Trinidad and Tobago Lima, Peru Jaguaribara, Ceará, Brazil

Central America and Caribbean Rincón, Puerto Rico Venus Gardens, San Juan, Puerto Rico Ranchuelo, Villa Clara, Cuba Santa Rosa, Colón, Panama Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión, El Salvador Santa Rosa Guachipilin, Santa Ana, El Salvador

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