Peru Banknotes 200 Nuevos Soles banknote 1995 Saint Rose of Lima
Central Reserve Bank of Peru - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Obverse side of the 200 Peruvian Nuevos Soles is showing the portrait of Saint Rose of Lima, Patroness of the Americas, the Indies, and the Philippines. The wishing well located at the Convent of Santa Rosa de Lima, ornamented with stylized silhouettes of flying swallows, is in the center background.
Reverse side of the 200 Peruvian Nuevos Soles is showing the inside of the Convent of Santo Domingo, as well as some roses with intertwined stems.
Watermark: Portrait of Saint Rose of Lima.
Banknote of 200 Peruvian Nuevos Soles has dimensions 140×65 mm and main colors are puce, tea rose, rose taupe, pale chestnut and white smoke.
Printer: Italian Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma.
Peru Banknotes - Peruvian Paper Money
1991-2009
10 Nuevos Soles 20 Nuevos Soles
50 Nuevos Soles 100 Nuevos Soles 200 Nuevos Soles
50 Nuevos Soles 100 Nuevos Soles 200 Nuevos Soles
Saint Rose of Lima
Saint Rose of Lima, Spanish Santa Rosa De Lima, original name Isabel De Flores (born April 20/30, 1586, Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru [now in Peru] — died Aug. 24, 1617, Lima; canonized April 12, 1671; feast day August 23, formerly August 30), patron saint of Peru and of all South America and the first person born in the Western Hemisphere to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
Born into a wealthy family, Rosa (the name by which she was always known) was drawn to penitential practices and a spiritual life, which was opposed by her mother, who wanted her to marry. The struggle between them lasted 10 years, during which time Rose made a perpetual vow of virginity, taking St. Catherine of Siena as her model. In 1606 her mother relented and allowed Rosa to become a Dominican of the Third Order. She chose strict enclosure and contemplation and withdrew to the seclusion of a hut in the family garden, where she endured a life of severe austerity: she wore a crown of thorns, practiced fasting, slept on a bed of broken glass and potsherds, and experienced numerous visions, particularly of the devil. Only in the last three years of her life did she leave her seclusion. Her funeral was an occasion of public honour, and many miracles were said to have occurred after her death.
She was beatified in 1668 by Pope Clement IX and declared patron of Lima; she was canonized by Pope Clement X, who proclaimed her patron saint of South America, the Indies, and the Philippines.
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and Convent of Santo Domingo
It took more than five decades delay for the construction of the church and the Convent of Santo Domingo, because the project begun at the same time as the foundation of Lima and the end of the 16th century marked by the end of it. The church is composed by three naves with a carved choral ashlar masonry in cedar wood. The church is crowned by a large cuple. The interior displays images from the first years of the City and also an image of Our Lady the Virgin of the Rosary, which first arrived at the Rímac Valley, Patron of the city, has deep relation with the Peruvian saints and by its remarkable devotion that was crowned in the year 1927 in a unique event in the religious history of the country. On the other hand, the convent, like all, has interesting claustros and in this case, with Sevillian style patios their typical tiles. Its capitulary room is of the baroque style. It is here, in 1551, that the National University of San Marcos was founded, the first in the Americas. The temple of Our Lady of the Rosary (original name of the church of Santo Domingo) was elevated to the category of basilica in 1930, and in its interior is the Altar of the Peruvian Saints, which is visited annually by thousands of residents of Peru and by many foreigners.