Martin de Porres
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Lived 1579 to 1639 · aged 59
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Martín de Porras Velázquez was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of Black people, mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, all those seeking racial harmony, and animals.
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A mid-20th-century stained-glass representation of Martin de Porres in St Pancras Church, Ipswich, with a broom, rosary, parrot and monkey
The Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo, where de Porres is buried, in Lima, Peru
Devotional statue of Martin de Porres in Kildare, Ireland, depicting him with dark skin
Forensic facial reconstruction of Martin de PorresAbout this person
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deceased
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Lived 1579 to 1639 · aged 59
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