Sept. 4, St. Rose of Viterbo, Virgin of the third Order. St. Rose, who was born in Viterbo in 1234, was like that queen of flowers, which opens its leaves as soon as dawn breaks. The first words she …More
Sept. 4, St. Rose of Viterbo, Virgin of the third Order.
St. Rose, who was born in Viterbo in 1234, was like that queen of flowers, which opens its leaves as soon as dawn breaks. The first words she uttered were the holy names of Jesus and Mary. It is related how, when she was not yet four years old, she restored one of her aunts to life. The child had an admirable attraction for solitude. She therefore begged her father to allow her to live in a little cell in the house, so that she might devote herself to work and prayer.
There she suffered, mortified and scourged herself, and prayed for the Church, then cruelly persecuted by the German Emperor, Frederick II. She was in her ninth year when she put on the habit of the Third Order, on June 24, 1249, having been ordered to do so by the Blessed Virgin, and walked the streets of Viterbo preaching penance. She disputed publicly with the Manichaean heretics, defeated them, and to confirm the truth of her words, remained for three hours in …More
St. Rose, who was born in Viterbo in 1234, was like that queen of flowers, which opens its leaves as soon as dawn breaks. The first words she uttered were the holy names of Jesus and Mary. It is related how, when she was not yet four years old, she restored one of her aunts to life. The child had an admirable attraction for solitude. She therefore begged her father to allow her to live in a little cell in the house, so that she might devote herself to work and prayer.
There she suffered, mortified and scourged herself, and prayed for the Church, then cruelly persecuted by the German Emperor, Frederick II. She was in her ninth year when she put on the habit of the Third Order, on June 24, 1249, having been ordered to do so by the Blessed Virgin, and walked the streets of Viterbo preaching penance. She disputed publicly with the Manichaean heretics, defeated them, and to confirm the truth of her words, remained for three hours in …More
