Lima - Santa Rosa of Lima Sanctuary Sanctuario de Santa Rosa de Lima

 
Santa Rosa, whose birth name was Isabel Flores de Oliva, was born in Lima. The Sanctuario de Santa Rosa de Lima (Church and Sanctuary of Santa Rosa) was built at the location of her birth place. Santa Rosa devoted her life to caring for the ill and was canonized by Pope Clemente X, in 1671. Many still pray to her for miracles related to health and illness. She is the patron saint of the Americas, the Indies, and the Philippines, as well as the Peruvian National Police Force.

In the garden of the Sanctuario de Santa Rosa de Lima is the hermitage built by Santa Rosa and her brother, and the well where parishioners come to throw written requests for miracles.
Address: Sanctuario de Santa Rosa de Lima, 1st Block of Tacna, Lima, Lima , Peru

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