Feast Day: August 23
Born: April 20, 1586, Lima, Peru, as Isabel Flores de Oliva
Died: August 24, 1617, Lima, Peru
Canonized: April 12, 1671 by Pope Clement X
Patronage: embroiderers, gardeners, florists, Latin America, Peru, Philippines, India, California, against vaniry, ridiculed for piery.
Prayer for intercession
Glorious Saint Rose of Lima, you who knew what it was to love Jesus with such a fine and generous heart.
You, whom since infancy, despised the world’s vanities in order to embrace His Cross.You who loved, with unfailing devotion, our Heavenly Mother and professed a great tender dedication to the destiture, serving them the same why Jesus did.
Teach us to imitate your greatest virtues, so that we, following your example, can enjoy your glorious protection in Heaven.
For our Lord, Jesus Christ, Who lives and reigns forever.
Amen