St Rose of Viterbo | Saint of the Day | March 6 #Saint #holiness

SAINT ROSE OF VITERBO
VIRGIN

Born at Viterbo, Italy, in 1235, Rose had a vision when still a child and was very young when she entered the Franciscan tertiaries. At age ten, having been healed of an illness, she began preaching in the streets of Viterbo against the emperor Frederick II, enemy of the pope. Deemed dangerous, she was exiled from the city, returning only after the emperor’s death. She herself died at age eighteen, consumed by the tireless exercise of charity. Her cult began immediately after her death. Her relics were translated to the church of Santa Maria delle Rose on September 4, an event that is still celebrated with a procession.
She is depicted in the robe of tertiary, and her attributes are roses and lilies.