CONTENTS.

I. Her country, her birth, her inclinations, and the vow of virginity which she made at the age of five years 21

II. Her obedience, the respect she had for her parents, and the assistance she rendered them 28

III. S Rose takes the habit of the Third Order of S. Dominic, in imitation of S. Catherine of Sienna, whom she had taken for her model 37

IV. Her humility, her incomparable purity of heart, and other virtues 44

V. Her fasts, her disciplines, and the other austerities with which she macerated her body 52

VI. Of the sharp-pointed crown which she wore on her head, and of the hardness of her bed 64

VII. Of her solitude, and the hermitage which she had built in her father's garden, that she might live quite separated from men 75

VIII. Jesus Christ espouses the Blessed Rose in the presence of the ever Blessed Virgin 84

IX. Of the close union with God to which she attained by means of mental prayer 91

X. She is tormented with interior pains to so frightful a degree that she is examined by some divines, who declare her state to be from God 98

XI. Of the familiar manner in which Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin, S. Catharine of Sienna and her Guardian Angel conversed with her ; and of the victories which she gained over the devils who tempted her 109

XII. Of her invincible patience under persecution, in sickness, and in her other sufferings 121

XIII Of her love for her Divine Spouse Jesus Christ, and of the miracle which she entreated Him to work to inflame the hearts of men with His Divine love 129

XIV. Of her devotion towards the most Blessed Sacrament, in defence of which she once prepared herself to suffer martydom 140

XV. Of her devotion to an image of our Blessed Lady, to the sign of the Cross, and to her dear mistress S. Catherine of Sienna 150

XVI. Of her zeal for the salvation of souls, and her care in assisting the poor in their sickness and necessities 161

XVII. Of her confidence in God,and of the protection she received from Him in her necessities 174

XVIII. God makes known to S. Rose that a monastery of nuns will be built in Lima, under the name of S. Catherine of Sienna, and reveals to her several other secrets 181

XIX. Of her last illness and death 188

XX. Of the honour which S. Rose received after death, and of the translation of her body which took place some time afterwards 203

XXI. Of the revelation which several persons had of the glory of S. Rose 219

XXII. Of the miracles which Almighty God worked through the merits of S. Rose 225

1. Of the conversions which the prayers of S. Rose obtained 226

2. Two dead persons raised to life, and many miraculously cured by touching the body of S. Rose, and invoking her assistance in their infirmities 233

3. After St Rose's death many sick persons were restored to health, and several women assisted in their labour, by touching her veil or some part of her dress 240

4. Several persons afflicted with dysentery, quinsey, fever, frenzy, and other maladies, have been cured by powder from the sepulchre of our Saint 245

5. Pictures of S. Rose applied to persons afflicted with leprosy, quinsey, gout, headache, and other infirmities, have been the means of restoring health to them 252

XXIII. Of the efforts made at Rome to obtain from the Pope her canonization 236