It is the third parish to be founded in Lima. St. Rose of Lima, born Isabel Flores de Oliva, was taken to this nearby church for a formal baptism by Don Antonio Polanco, shortly after her birth on ...

Rose was born on Aug. 29, 1769, in Grenoble, France. On the day of her baptism, she received the names Philip, honoring the apostle, and Rose, honoring St. Rose of Lima.