Santa Rosa of Lima is the name with which a woman from Lima was eternised in the XVII Century. A great religious vocation led Isabel Flores de Oliva to consecrate as a tertiary (bachelor consecrated with no particular order), and to develop a pious life at the service of the ill. The fame of her penitence to resist sin, as well as that of her kindness, was being expanded even during her lifetime. Her veneration was spread not only in Peru but to the Philippines and other parts of the continent, thus she was proclaimed Patron of the Americas and the Philippines.
Her sanctuary, located in the centre of Lima, is subject to a permanent pilgrimage by devotees who go seeking to deserve a miracle, especially regarding the health of the ill. During the 30th of August, it is customary to drop good will letters into the pit where Saint Rose tossed the key of her belt of penance, as well as to visit the hermitage she built by herself. Santa Rosa is the Patron Saint of the Peruvian's National Police and her festivity is celebrated all over the country, with an special Quechua emphasis at the locality of Santa Rosa de Quives, in the Sierra region of the Department of Lima.