Rose of lima

Saint Rose of Lima Santa Rosa de Lima

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican, c. 1675–1728)

An icon of St Rose of Lima, partly influenced by facial reconstruction work. By Ian Knowles

6 posts published by AnaStpaul on August 23, 2018

St. Rose of Lima

Saint of the Day – 23 August – St Rose of Lima T.O.S.D. (1586-1617) Virgin and Penitent, Mystic, Visionary, Stigmatist (invisible), Apostle of the Poor – born on 20 April 1586 at …

August 23 Memorial of St. Rose of Lima, Virgin. 2nd Patroness of the Philippines. #SaintOfTheDay St. Rose of Lima, pray for us, for all Filipinos & for the Philippines. Received invisible stigmata. Suffered from assorted physical and mental ailments. First saint born in the Americas. Founder of social work in Peru. Great devotion to Saint Catherine of Siena.

Since 2005, Spanish Colonial and Mexican Religious Art has been one of the focus areas of SAMFA's Permanent Collection--thanks to an initial gift by Fred Pottinger of San Antonio, TX and additional gifts by Hamp and Bonnie Beesley. Then, thanks to a major grant awarded by the Art and Eva Camu�ez Tucker Foundation, we were able to purchase 50 more works. Since then, more major gifts have followed, most importantly, from Richard Parkman and from Thomas Duckworth. The Collection numbers about…

"Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven" – St Rose of Lima. Detail from the mural above the High Altar of the chapel of the Dominican nuns in Buffalo, NY.