Saint Rose of Viterbo

Also known as

• Rosa of Viterbo
• Rosa of Vieterbo

Memorial

• 6 March
• 4 September (translation of relics; in Viterbo, Italy; Franciscans)

Profile

Franciscan tertiary. At age three she brought a person back from death. Preached in the streets from age ten and led public processions praising Christ. Prophetess and subject to visions. Had the friendship of birds. Was repeatedly refused entrance to the Poor Clares, and in 1250 she was exiled for supporting the pope against Frederick II. After her death, Pope Alexander IV ordered her body laid to rest in the convent that had refused her.

Born

• 1234 at Viterbo, Italy

Died

• 6 March 1252 of natural causes

Canonized

• 1457 by Pope Callistus III

Patronage

• exiles
• people rejected by religious orders
• tertiaries
• Viterbo, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Medieval Relgion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Pictorial Lives of the Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Rose of Viterbo“. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 March 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>