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Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Rose of Viterbo 1892 Artist Unknown Church of Saint Brice Hombourg Belgium Photographed On 10 November 2006 By Norbert Schnitzler
Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Rose of Viterbo 1892 Artist Unknown Church of Saint Brice Hombourg Belgium Photographed On 10 November 2006 By Norbert Schnitzler

Saint Rose of Viterbo

Also known as: Rose of Vieterbo; Rosa of….

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

March 6

Died

March 6, 1252

Canonized

1457 by Pope Callistus III

Biography

Saint Rose of Viterbo, also known as Rose of Viterbo or Rosa of…, was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church and a revered Franciscan tertiary. She was born in 1234 in the town of Viterbo, Italy, and from a very young age, she displayed extraordinary spiritual gifts and a deep devotion to Christ. One of the most remarkable events in Rose's life occurred when she was only three years old....