Santa Rosa de Lima is the first saint born in Latin American lands. She is known as patron saint of Latin America and the Philippines. She was born on April 20, 1586 in Lima, Capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Her name was Isabel Flores de Oliva, she was a lay woman who decided not to enter a convent of cloister, but instead she entered as tertiary to the Order of the Dominicans and lived in the house of her parents. She consecrated her life to…
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Santa Rosa de Lima is the first saint born in Latin American lands. She is known as patron saint of Latin America and the Philippines. She was born on April 20, 1586 in Lima, Capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Her name was Isabel Flores de Oliva, she was a lay woman who decided not to enter a convent of cloister, but instead she entered as tertiary to the Order of the Dominicans and lived in the house of her parents. She consecrated her life to…