Rose of Lima

Saint Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 – 24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts.

Quotes

• Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.
  • In P. Léonard Hansen, Vita mirabilis, 1664, p. 137; quoted in Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1992, § 618.