Saint Rose of Lima Medal Necklace- Rosa de Lima, Patron Saint of the Americas

Saint Rose of Lima, Rosa de Lima

Isabel Flores de Oliva was born in Lima in 1586, the daughter of a Spanish soldier and a Peruvian woman of partially indigenous descent. Her mother called her Rosa for the beauty of her face as an infant, and the name stayed. She became the first person born in the Americas ever canonized by the Catholic Church. She joined the Third Order of Saint Dominic at 20, living in a small hermitage in her family's garden, where she ran an infirmary caring for sick children, the elderly, and enslaved people at a time when no one else in colonial Lima was doing this systematically. She was also mocked for her piety during her lifetime, including by her own family. She died in 1617 at 31. Her funeral drew crowds so large that her burial had to be delayed for days.

A Gift For...

• A confirmation or quinceañera gift for a girl of Latin American heritage
• Anyone named Rosa, Rosario, or any variant of her name
• Someone who feels mocked or isolated for taking their faith seriously
• A godparent looking for a gift with real cultural and family weight
• A Saint Rose of Lima's Day gift, celebrated August 23 universally and August 30 in Peru
• Anyone who wants to carry beauty on the outside while bearing something hard underneath

A Confirmation Gift for Rose

A godparent choosing Rose is usually choosing more than a saint, they're choosing a direct line to Latin American Catholic identity for the girl receiving her. Name and date, engraved on the back, is all it takes.

The Saint Rose of Lima Medal

This medal depicts her facing forward, eyes closed, wearing her crown of roses, holding a crucifix with both hands, roses framing the base of the composition. The crown references both her name and her most famous act of private devotion. She wore a heavy silver crown of thorns hidden entirely beneath a wreath of roses, bearing the pain of Christ in secret while presenting only beauty to the world. The natural gold or silver of the metal forms the illustration itself. Black ink is applied to the pendant surface and the metal shows through as the image. A shatterproof liquid glass coating seals the surface.

Personalization and Engraving

The optional engraving on the reverse is rendered in Tangerine cursive. Two lines, up to 20 characters each. Her most recognized words fit across two lines: "Apart from the" and "cross, no hope."

Saint Rose of Lima's feast day is August 23 in the universal Church, and August 30 in her native Peru, where it remains a national holiday, marked with processions and celebrations that have continued uninterrupted for over 350 years.