Rosa of Lima
Rose of Lima , born Isabel Flores de Oliva (* 20th April 1586 in Lima , Viceroy of Peru ; † 24. August 1617 ibid) was a Peruvian virgin , mystic and Dominicans - Terziarin . She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church . Her feast day is August 23.
Life
Rosa von Lima 's real name was Isabel Flores de Oliva. Her parents were Gaspar Flores and María de Oliva. Even as a child she had the desire to lead a consecrated life and in it St. To succeed Catherine of Siena . Therefore, at the age of twenty, she entered the Third Order of the Dominicans and took the religious name Rosa a Santa Maria . As a consecrated virgin and recluse , she lived from then on in a hut near her parents' house, where she led a life of penance . She earned her living with weaving and gardening work.
Rosa helped found the first contemplative monastery in South America , which could not be built until 1623, after her death.
Soon after her death, she began to be venerated as saints , first in Lima, later in Peru and finally throughout Latin America . In 1671 she was canonized by Pope Clement X and became America's first saint. The Basilica of St. Rosa of Lima was built near the house where she was born.
Remembrance day
Her feast day is August 23 .
Rosa is the patroness of Lima, Peru, South America, the West Indies and the Philippines, as well as the gardener and florist. She is called in case of injuries, childbirth and family disputes as well as against rashes.
iconography
The attributes of sacred pink are a bouquet of roses or a wreath of roses.
Web links
- Literature by and about Rosa von Lima in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry to Rosa von Lima on medals online
- museum-digital: westfalen: icon "Rosa de Lima" [1]
literature
- Paul Letter: The forgotten rose from America. The life and mission of Saint Rosa of Lima . Theresia, Seewen 1994, ISBN 3-908542-43-X
- Maria-Barbara von Stritzky: Lexicon of the saints and the veneration of saints . 3rd volume. Herder, Freiburg i. B. 2003, ISBN 3-451-28190-2
- Otto Wimmer, Hartmann Melzer, Josef Gelmi (edit.): Lexicon of names and saints . Nikol, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933203-63-5
- Josef Theodor Rath: Rosa von Lima. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 654-656.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosa of Lima |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flores de Oliva, Isabel (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian virgin, mystic and Dominican terziar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1586 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lima , Peru |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1617 |
| Place of death | Lima , Peru |