In the first block of Tacna Avenue Historic Center of Lima the Sanctuary of Santa Rosa de Lima, a name that was given to Isabel Flores de Oliva, the first American saint is located.
This place, built between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was his home, a space formed by the church and the sanctuary, where a rose garden, a chapel built to the same holy with the help of his brother to plunge in prayer, is also his bedroom and his parents, where she was born.
Also, the shrine has a small museum that can be visited with special permission, where personal belongings of the holy shown, for example, the image of the Child Jesus, whom he called "doc" as well as letters in his own hand letter and elements used to martyr, among others.
Among the most interesting and important of the holy Lima, data is that it is the first saint to be canonized before At his funeral in 1671, strong acclaim population made in 8 days the process of canonization was opened, which was immediately, the entire council sent a letter to Pope Urban VIII and the Viceroy did the same to the Crown of Spain; and in less than 50 years was declared a saint by the Church Universal.
He was canonized on 12 April 1671 and proclaimed patron of Peru in 1669; and New World and the Philippines in 1670 exists in our country more than 72 people with his name.
Send letter to Santa Rosa mail
On the website of the Archdiocese of Lima have a special section for you to send your letter to Santa Rosa de Lima offers. Yes, very much in tune with modernity, you from anywhere in the world can send this letter which will then be released to the Wishing Well of Santa Rosa de Lima, patroness of the Americas and the Philippines.
Admission to the sanctuary is free, Monday to Sunday from 9 am to 12 noon.
Link: arzobispadodelima.org
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