Franciscans

Ever since the 1400s, the Franciscans have had a Crown Rosary of the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary.[24] In the 1400s and 1500s, the

Carthusians promoted the idea of sacred mysteries associated with the rose symbol and rose gardens.[24] Albrecht Dürer’s painting The Feast of the Rosary (1506) depicts the Virgin Mary distributing garlands of roses to her worshippers.[24]

Roses symbolised the Houses of York and Lancaster in a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.

Roses are a favored subject in art and appear in portraits, illustrations, on stamps, as ornaments or as architectural elements. The Luxembourg-born Belgian artist and botanist Pierre-Joseph Redouté is known for his detailed watercolours of flowers,