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Also Known As Isabel Flores de Oliva • Santa Rosa de Lima
Born April 20, 1586 or April 30, 1586 • Lima • Viceroyalty of Peru
Died August 24, 1617 • Lima • Viceroyalty of Peru

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Gustavo Gutiérrez
Peruvian theologian
St. Martín de Porres
St. Martín de Porres
Christian saint
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher
Fra Bartolomeo: portrait of Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Spanish historian and missionary
Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori
president of Peru
St. Dominic
St. Dominic
Spanish priest
Dina Boluarte
Dina Boluarte
president of Peru
Yves Congar
French priest
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
Pius V
Saint Pius V
pope
Ollanta Humala
Ollanta Humala
president of Peru
Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Vitoria, Francisco de
Francisco de Vitoria
Spanish theologian
Pedro Castillo
Pedro Castillo
president of Peru
Alejandro Toledo
president of Peru
Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala
Inca nobleman, author, and illustrator