Description
The St. Rose of Lima Medal is a nickel-plated medal with a 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm size. It features a portrait of St. Rose of Lima, a saint from Peru, on the front, and the words "T.O.S.D." (Tres de Octubre de la Santisima Diosa) on the back. The saint is wearing a crown and is holding a cross and a book. Claudio Coello, the artist who created the medal, is also pictured on the back. The saint is venerated in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. She was beatified in 1667 or 1668 by Pope Clement IX, and canonized in 1671 by Pope Clement X. The saint is also a patron of embroiderers, sewing lace, gardeners, florists, Latin America, people ridiculed or misunderstood for their piety, for the resolution of family quarrels, indigenous peoples of the Americas, Peru, the Philippines, Villareal, Santa Rosa, California, Santa Rosa, Laguna, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, Alcoy, Cebu, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, and against vanity.
St Rose of Lima Medal
2.5cm x 1.5cm
Nickel plated
Saint Rose of Lima
T.O.S.D.
Saint Rose of Lima
by
Claudio Coello
(16421693),
in the
Prado Museum
,
Madrid
, Spain
Virgin and penitent
Born
Isabel Flores de Oliva
April 20, 1586
[1]
Lima
,
Viceroyalty of Peru
Died
August 24, 1617(aged31)
[1]
Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru
Veneratedin
Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Beatified
April 15, 1667 or 1668,
Rome
,
Papal States
by
Pope Clement IX
Canonized
April 12, 1671, Rome, Papal States by
Pope Clement X
[1]
Major
shrine
Bas*lica of Santo Domingo
Lima, Peru
Feast
August 23
August 30 (some Latin American countries and pre-1970
General Roman Calendar
)
Attributes
rosids, anchor,
Infant Jesus
Patronage
embroiderers
; sewing lace; gardeners; florists;
Latin America
; people ridiculed or misunderstood for their piety; for the resolution of family quarrels;
indigenous peoples of the Americas
;
Peru
;
Philippines
;
Villareal
;
Santa Rosa, California
;
Santa Rosa, Laguna
;
Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija
;
Alcoy, Cebu
;
Arima
,
Trinidad and Tobago
[2]
; against vanity;
Lima
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