High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint Rose of Lima, (April 20, 1586 ? August 24, 1617), the first Catholic saint of the Americas, was born in Lima, Peru. St. Rose of Lima was born in the present-day city of Lima (Peru). She received the baptismal name Isabel Flores de Oliva. She was from a large family. Her father, Gaspar Flores, was a Spanish harquebusier, and her mother, Maria de Oliva, was born in Lima. She was personally confirmed by the Archbishop of Lima, Turibius de Mongrovejo.