Saint Rose of Viterbo

Also known as: Rosa of Viterbo
Rosa of Vieterbo
Memorial: 6 March
Profile: Franciscan tertiary. At age three she brought a person back from death. Preached in the streets from age ten. Prophetess. Had the friendship of birds. Was repeatedly refused entrance to the Poor Clares. 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
Patronage: exiles
people rejected by religious orders
tertiaries
Viterbo, Italy
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
Wikipedia
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