St. Rose of Lima
Patron of Latin America and Phillipines
1586 - 1617
Virgin, born at Lima, Peru 20 April, 1586; died there the 24 of 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 23 of August. She is represented wearing a crown of roses.
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I have come to this site times without a number. God help me to do at least half the way she did..I will ever have a girl of my own, why not call her Saint Rose?
I love St. Rose of Lima. I am picking her for my conformation name. For a matter of fact, that is why I am on this website. =D
i love St. Rose, because it's my middle name and i love the name anyway.
i ove saint rose of lima! she is my confirmation saint!
Omg I love the name Rose! It such a beautiful name:) Its perfect for me!!!!!!!! Confirmation name! Much better than St. Maria!
She's really interesting and out of all saints I chose her instead of St.Emma
thank you ! you really helped me to do research on my confirmation saint name. So thanks
St. Rose of Lima, please pray for the families of the victims from the Sandy Hook School shooting. Please ask Jesus to go to their loved ones hearts and ease their pain and suffering. Especially for the parents of the children that were killed. Please, St. Rose, ask Jesus to help all of us in this country and in the world, to put God first always and to help thy neighbor so that we may have peace in the world instead of hate, violence and evil. Thank you St. Rose for interceding in prayer. Mary, Blessed Mother please pray for us. Jesus, please save us. We love you, Amen.
Doing her for my report, it's taking me forever, well, good luck on your report everybody!
i need help on her any ideas
Saint report yo :D
Picking her for my Saint report and conformation! Love all the things she has done and will be happy to become Emily Rose :)
im actually doing my saint report right now!!!!!!!!
I am doing her for my confirmation name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this saint she is very interesting!!! I love her.
I liked this article about saint rose. she is a very interesting person. I liked that she worked hard for her poor parents. when i was younger my parents were poor and i couldn't bare to see them that way so i knew that i had to make a choose. i knew from that moment that i needed to do. i knew that i had to work hard and make things much better.
i had a really hard time chooseing my saint. it was between her and about seven others. after i read this i imediatly knew i was going to do her. i just finished my saint report =D
Thanks alot this really helped
What school did she attend, did she have any family or friends , Thanks again,
she's unbelievable. Im doing my saint's report on her and her name is my confirmation name :)