Sinai rose biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders!
St. Rose was born in Lima, capital of Peru, on the 20th April 1586 and was baptized Isabel Flores de Oliva.
Sinai rose biography for kids
She came from a large family. Her father Gaspar Flores was a soldier in the cavalry of the Imperial Spanish Army, while her mother, Maria de Oliva was a Creole.
She was such a beautiful child that for one of the servants she was simply a beautiful rose.
Everybody started calling her Rosa, for rose, and that was the name she adopted at her Confirmation.
She grew up to be a beautiful young girl who attracted the attention of many. But Rosa, even when still very young, she wanted to give herself totally to God by taking a vow of virginity, determined to become a nun.
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But her parents aspired for her to marry, assured that her beauty would attract a good match. However, Rosa was greatly bothered by the compliments about her beauty. She cut her hair, and using pepper and lye, she tried to disfigure her face making her skin turn out in blotches!
Her parents refused to give her perm