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A Patron Saint for Gardeners [St. Rose of Lima, August 23]
Saint Rose of Lima
24 posted on 08/23/2012 7:58:27 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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St. Rose of Lima
Feast Day: August 23
Born: April 20, 1586, Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died: August 24, 1617, Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru
Canonized: April 2, 1671, Rome by Pope Clement X
Major Shrine: convent of Santo Domingo in Lima, Peru
Patron of: embroiderers; gardeners; India; Latin America; people ridiculed for their piety; Peru; Philippines; Santa Rosa, California; against vanity; Lima; Peruvian Police Force


25 posted on 08/23/2012 8:02:40 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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