José Olaya & Santa Rosa de Lima: Biographical Excerpts

Jose Olaya
José Silverio Olaya Balandra or José O.
Laya was a martyr in the fight for the
Independence of Peru. This was a
fisherman by trade, born in 1782, in
Chorrillos and died on June 29, 1823,
Plaza Mayor de Lima, Lima
Santa Rosa de Lima
Saint Rose of Lima, secular name Isabel
Flores de Oliva, was a Dominican
tertiary Catholic saint canonized by
Pope Clement X in 1671. She was born on
April 20th of 1586 in Lima and passed
away on August 24th of 1617