Born to Spanish immigrants to the New World, Rose was
a beautiful girl and devoted daughter, she was so devoted to
her vow of chastity that she used pepper and lye to ruin her complexion
so she would not be attractive. Lived and meditated in a garden,
raising vegetables and making embroidered items to sell to support her
family and help the other poor. Rose is the founder of social work in
Peru. A Dominican tertiary, Rose was a mystic
and visonary and was reported to have received invisible
stigmata. Rose of Lima is the first saint born in the Americas.
Patron saint invoked against vanity, and for embroiderers, florists,
gardeners, and people ridiculed for their piety.
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