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Shrine · Peru

Sanctuary of St. Rose of Lima

Lima, Historic Centre of Lima, Peru

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Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

The sanctuary built at the family home of St. Rose preserves devotional places associated with her life, prayer and service in colonial Lima.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

Visit Rose’s home sanctuary before her tomb so her hidden life of prayer, penance and service gives context to the saint pilgrims meet at Santo Domingo.

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Family home and sanctuary

Encounter Rose’s vocation in the ordinary place where her life of prayer matured.

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Devotional well

A beloved place of petition within the sanctuary tradition; approach it as devotion, not spectacle.

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Garden hermitage

Pause where the sanctuary remembers Rose’s desire for solitude and prayer.

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