Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima (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 and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts.
Rose of Lima was born to a noble family and is the patron saint of embroidery, gardening, and cultivation of blooming flowers. She was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a saint.
As a saint, Rose of Lima has been designated as a co-patroness of the Philippines, along with Pudentiana; both saints were moved to second-class patronage in September 1942 by Pope Pius XII, but Rose remains the primary patroness of Peru and of the local people of Latin America. Her image was formerly featured on the highest-denomination banknote of Peru.
Patron saint of embroiderers; sewing lace; gardeners; florists; people ridiculed or misunderstood for their piety; for the resolution of family quarrels; against vanity; indigenous peoples of the Americas; Latin America; Peru; Philippines; the Indies; Villareal; Santa Rosa, California; Santa Rosa, Laguna; Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija; Alcoy, Cebu; Daanbantayan, Cebu; Cabangan, Zambales; Arima, Trinidad and Tobago; Lima; Sittard
In the Martyrology
- August 23 Saint Rose of Lima, virgin of Third Order Dominicans
- August 24 Birth of Saint Rose of Lima, virgin