St. Rose of Lima
Patron of Latin America and Phillipines
b. 1586 d. 1617
Virgin, born at Lima, Peru 20 April, 1586; died there 30 August, 1617.
St. Rose of Lima is the patroness of Latin America and the Philippines. This South American Saint's real name was Isabel, but she was such a beautiful baby that she was called Rose, and that name remained. As she grew older, she became more and more beautiful, and one day, her mother put a wreath of flowers on her head to show off her loveliness to friends. But Rose had no desire to be admired, for her heart had been given to Jesus. So she put a long pin into that wreath and it pierced her so deeply, that she had a hard time getting the wreath off afterward. Another time she became afraid that her beauty might be a temptation to someone, since people could not take their eyes off her. Therefore, she rubbed her face with pepper until it was all red and blistered.
St. Rose worked hard to support her poor parents and she humbly obeyed them, except when they tried to get her to marry. That she would not do. Her love of Jesus was so great that when she talked about Him, her face glowed and her eyes sparkled.
Rose had many temptations from the devil, and there were also many times when she had to suffer a feeling of terrible loneliness and sadness, for God seemed far away. Yet she cheerfully offered all these troubles to Him. In fact, in her last long, painful sickness, this heroic young woman use to pray: "Lord, increase my sufferings, and with them increase Your love in my heart."
Many miracles followed her death. She was beatified by Clement IX, in 1667, and canonized in 1671 by Clement X, the first American to be so honoured. Her feast is celebrated 30 August. She is represented wearing a crown of roses.
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I really look up to Rose. She is a really really really really good saint. Thank you Rose,and thank you God for giving her to us.I love my cristan faith. Once agian you so much, Danielle.
i really like saints and angels hope i can have one some...heheheh but my one and only is the Lord Jesus Christ my Lord my God and my Friend...
I really like st rose of lima because she is also our patron saint. For me, she reveals the love and the goodness of Jesus. Contemplating Rose, is Contemplating JESUS.
According to the Catholic Calendar of Saints, St. Rose of Lima died August 24, 1617, and the Catholic Church celebrates her feast day on August 23. You show her feast day to be August 30. That is not correct. Thank you for your interesting listing of saints. John M. 8/16/2008
i have a 19 year old daughter who has totally gone stray with her Catholic faith. may i please ask here all readers to ask the intercession of st. rosa for her. her name is joan. thank you so very much.
It used to be August 30th for many years. Somewhere in the 1970's it was switched to August 25rd.
St. Rose's feast day celebration had been Aug. 30 until Vatican II changed it to Aug. 23 (why they did this, I don't know except it may be because she died Aug. 24). I observe it on both days to be correct to today's church but to stay true to the Traditional Church.
Saint Rose of Lima, pray for us all; pray for Shirley MacLaine and her quests some times even into high Peru; pray for Joan, Ann's daughter, with Saint Martin de Porres dear; pray that we all gentle landings make in all our travels and travails; pray with Our Lady Mary for Holiness on each and every day, regardless of Feast or famine; pray for all parishes that bear your name; pray for every latina seeking wisdom, prosperity or fame; pray roses bloom plenty this year and storms give us nothing to fear; pray with Jesus, Mary, Joseph and all the Angels near; pray that stream to Yahweh's Throne flow ever loving clear; pray as we wade it, Life Trees shall appear; pray when we rest the Lamb shall be so near; pray one light and truth and love be with us every year, Amen
St Rose pray to Jesus for us all who are in need of monetary value to pay our rent, bills and food.
St. Rose please pray that I will be inspired again to pray and attend mass. Help me to be positive in everything, slow to anger and gentle in all my ways. Please help me achieve my goals in life and help my family. Help us financially so that we may be able to pay our debts. Help us to pray for world peace. Help us to pray for the corrupt leaders of the Philippines. In Jesus name through Mother Mary and St. Joseph's intercession. Amen.
I like you site and I think she is a very kool person
I love st.rose she is my confirmation saint and she is just wonderful.
this is a very beautifully story. i love it.
i love saint rose of lima im doing her for a report.
I love St Rose. She is my Confirmation St. i have to make a correction. St Rose's real name was spelled Isabelle not Isabel. Let her protect us all
st. rose of lima has the same name as me and i'm doing her for a report.
nice story i loved it i wish i could be like saint rose or should i say Isabelle
This saint hase inspired me and I love this story.
hey i am in 6th grade and i am doing saint rose of Lima as a report and i think she is awesome 11/11/08
St.Rose pray for us and help us to learn obedience
i am using st.rose of Lima for my saint name...im amazed by her story !
what a cooool saint!! xoxo
saint rose of Lima is sooooo cool! I'm doing a report for her and she is so awesome!
wow she was an amazing person. I chose her as my confirmation name!
i think that im going to have rose as my confirmation name now! its so beautiful!
saint rose of Lima is so beautiful
aww. i have to have rose as my confirmation name. <3
rose is a very pretty name
Saint Rose is definitely my Confirmation name. Shes so beautiful
omg i m gonna pick this name/saint as my confirmation name!!!! this saint is sooo cute!!!!!
oh my goddd! im picking her for my conformation name. :]
this was really helpful. I'm resarching her for her s project.
this realy helped me alot on my project we needed to write about a saint and i need some information. i chose this one but i hope my teacher likes it. i was absent on the day she told us the list of saints so i just picked st rose because that was the name of my school
oh my goodness, i love her story she was so strong about her faith! i truly look up to her!
this is very helpful this is going to be my confirmation name so nobody steal it.lol her sorry is so sad but now i won't be so selfish and i'll tell my daddy not to buy me a bmw thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Saint Rose! She inspired me alot, and she is my Confirmation name. This was really helpful. Thank you!
really helpful! choosing her to be my confirmation name! :)
that is cool and very interesting, i think she will be my choice of my confermation name!! =DD thnx<3
omg that's like so cool & that's what name im using 4 confirmation!!!!! aawsum=D
saint rose is the best! she is my confirmation name because she is a great person!
i love st rose she is so pretty and so inspiring she is also my choice of confirmation name
i am doing this as my confirmation name as well!!! she rocks !!!
I am doing this a my confirmation name to bc rose is my fav name and i wanted to see if they had a st.rose and they did and i like love herr
i like her a lot!!
i luv this saint! she is so beautiful
she rocks
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this saint is so cool...she is idol...i love her work!
St.Rose is a very extrodinary woman-i'd love to be as trustworthy as her!
I am picking this Saint for my conformation!
I am a nine year old girl and I do catholic girl scouting. I have to look up a saint. I chose st.rose. I liked this becaue it was easy to under stand. Thank you sooooo much!
i am going to use Saint Rose to be my confirmation name, too!
i think it is amazing she did that for jesus she IS my confirmation name
shes my confirmation name .
shes my confirmation name also. the name rose runs in my family too.
She is in the running for my confirmation name too!I just cant seem to decide for sure.
shes my confirmation name also haha
i think im going to pick st. rose as my confirmation saint. i cannot decide between her or st. Agnes. this was great
st.rose is a nice lady
i'mnot sure i should pick her but i think she is a nice lady
Hey I'm in year6 and saint Rose is my saint. Confirmation gonna be great!
YES I LOVE HER AND CHOOSE HER SHE IS MY IDOL
Heyy Saint Rose is so sweat! She is my Confirmation saint. I LOVE HER
HEY sT. rOSE IS GREAT SHE IS MY COMFORMATION sAINT!!!
i chose her too shes a strong woman
I LOVE HER I DID HER FOR MY PROJECT IN 6TH GRADE SHES THE BEST
St.Rose of Lima is great that is why she is my middle name!!!!
St. rose of lima is my "future project" for saints AT ST CECILIAS ! GO SEAHAWKS !
i am named after ST.ROSE.She help me in my work and activities.i really thank her.
Thank you for having the beautiful information for St. Rose of Lima !!! I might do her for my confirmation St. thx!!!!
This was helpful because i am doing st rose for my confirmation name thax for this info :) :) :)
her feast day is on the 23!
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i am also doing st rose for my conformation so it was very helpful
omg... i have to do st rose as my conformation st. this really helped and st rose is really cool st. rose... pray for all of us while we take the journey to conformation!
St Rose is my conformation name as well St Rose bless all of us !!!!!!!!
This was a great website!! It has helped me achieve and outstanding score on my year 12 final exams, thanks guys u helped lots. Praise St. Rose!
Is this the St. Rose that the college is named after?
She MUST of been pretty. She's so, going to be my saint.
wow! im so happy to have St.Rose as my patron Saint!Shes so amazing and beautiful! :)
i wanted to be a saint
hey favorite section is st.rose of lima beautiful name.
i love st rose. she's my patron saint! she was an amazing woman.
Rose is my confirmation name.
mine too! :)
That is going to be my confirmation name too she is amazing :)
THAT IS AMAZING!
This is my confirmation name too.
this is my confirmation name as well, but what is the moral of her beginnings?
this my middle name (:
I love this saint!!! I think she is the Best!! I am definitely choosing her as my confirmation name!!!! :^)
this is also my saint for Confirmation! Shes the best saint ever!!!!!!!!! My Confirmation is in a week.
Saint Rose totally rocks my socks!
St. Rose is Ahh-mazing I picked her for my all saints day report!
st rose is the bees knees!!!!! i love her story and am very thankful at how much this website helped me THANK YOU!
She is the best because she helped people!!!
im in 7th grade and im ch shes my oosing st. rose for my saint project!!!!!!! isnt that awesome!!!shes my role model watchamacallit hehe AND my b-day is in August woohoo!
i am doing a saint report for my school on saint rose of Lima and this website has helped me SOOOOOO! much!
Shes my My project too and her name is my saint name for my conformation=]
thanks for the help ! doing her for a project
Thanks, Catholic Online! I have this project too. My project was to research the lives of my favorite saint. But you just save me, Thanks again!
thanks!!! now i have my saint name for conformation!!!!
Thank you so much for this information! im writing a paper on saints, and this just saved me an hours worth of researching.
Thank you so much for this! I am working on my conformation saint and this gave me all the information I needed.
thank u this helped me a lot!!!
Thank you so much i was 1 day late on my report this website really helped me thanks a ton!
Thanx im gonna use this as my confirmation name its really after my aunt but we have to do a saint as well!
Thank you so much i needed a Saint for my confirmation!
Thank you very much I really needed a name and I found this and you gave me the meaning Thanx
Thanks you for this confirmation name it's beautiful and it represents me
thank you so much i really need this for my school work thank you
Thanks i needed a Saint and now im using her!
needed it for confirmation...thanks!!
This helped me so much I really needed this thanks ~Michelle ~
i needed it for confirmation too:) shes a perfect saint!
Used this for confirmation!
I took this name for my confirmation and my daughter is also taking the name when she makes hers
I am using this as my Conformation name too. :D. (It's my middle name).
Used for confirmation! she was an amazing person!
an amazing person, she gave up a lot for god. Using as conformation name :)
She is so inspirational. I'm using her as my Confirmation saint. My middle name is Rose too!
thanx so much i was wondering what saint i should have and now i know i will have St. Mary!!!!!!!!!!!!
This site has been extremely helpful. i am glad it was here other wise i would not of been able to do my assignment
this was helpful...im picking st rose as my confirmation name...im doing a small project on her..thnx this helped :)
I have to do a report on a saint. I chose rose. I used this website and it was helpful.
I think this is so very helpful! :) I'm only in 7th grade but looking for a confirmation saint i think she IS THE ONE!! it's perfect! praise to you lord Jesus Christ!! :) +
thank you so much it helped me alot during this project i was doing on st Rose of Lima! i even learned a few things!:)
im doing this saint for my confirmation she is the best
This helps because I have to do a report on her! Thnx! Anybody have Ideas for a confirmation saint?
I am doing a report on her and this has helped me heaps!
i'm greatly inspired by her ardent love for our lord. i pray for the grace to follow her path and humbly rely on her intercession.
Very good.Thank you Sr.Rosily
i have this report to do for spainish on peru and were sappouse to find this famous person and do a speech on the person and i found st. rose of lima and the funny thing was that my religion techer was talking about her because today is her feast day
I pray to St. Rose I love her and all that she stands for. May the Lord be with her. Jackie
Just on Sunday the 22nd of August 2010 i did my confirmation.. i chose St rose and after our confirmation my class and i had to write an information report on the saint we chose.. after this website i am sooooo glad i chose St Rose... She is my role model forever.
If Vatican II changed St. Rose's feast day from the 30th of August to the 23rd of Aug., then why doesn't Catholic Online comply with the Catholic Church and place St. Rose on Aug. 23rd? I believe St. Rose would feel better honored if you followed the magisterium of the Church; there are too many in leadership in our churches who failed to do just that and because of it the Catholic Church is in Crises today. St. Rose, please touch the heart of God's chosen people to respect and follow the Church's authority-we cannot play pick and chose when it comes to Church Teaching- our soul depends on it! God, Save Our Church.
Dear St Rose of Lima and Pope John Paul and Pope Clements Please pray for my darling mother who is in a coma due to greedy people to recover from the sickness - please St Rose od Lima keep her in God' and His saints care and help me to get justice for my mum and her sibblings before she goes to be with my dad and please help me with my sons and their families and a complete recovery from my accident and a justified settlement lynne
Rubbing lye and pepper into her face! Obviously she was mentally ill all her life. Why do you glorify this type of behaviour and encourage young people to emulate it?
St. Rose of Lime feast day is listed on our Liturgical Calenday for August 23rd, 2010 not on this day. Our parish is St. Rose of Lima and we celebrated her day Monday, August 23rd. There seems to be a mistake.
I loved hearing abut St. Rose of Lima. St. Rose of Lima, please pray for my family in this time of need and intercede to our Lord.
St. Rose of Lima please pray for us all who are in need of help spiritually, mentally, physically, financially... Amen. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you all. "Lord, I am not worthy to receive You but only say the word and I shall be healed." "Jesus, Mary, I love you! Save souls!" "Eternal Father, I offer You the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son Jesus in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory for sinners everywhere for sinners in the Universal Church Those in my own home and within my family." Amen.
A beautiful saint, in body, mind and spirit; fully dedicated to God in whatever she did! Dear Rose, please pray for us, our four daughters and dear son!
The information about St.Rose of Lima is very nice. But the fun facts about her is not good.As we all know that the life of a saint is very difficult and every individual can never become a saint.But making fun of them is really bad (that too with a cartoon picture). Rubbing pepper on her face and decreasing her beauty is something great and no women can do that and thats shows her true love,affection & dedication towards Lord JESUS christ and her greatness to stay away from this greedy and fake attractive world.So kindly remove that funny facts picture and message. Thanks.