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Martin de Porres
Saint Martin de Porres was a Dominican cooperator brother who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized on May 6 1962 by Pope John XXIII.
Summary
Martin was born in Lima, Peru, as the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a young, freed Black slave "St. Martin de Porres, thefirst black saint in the Americas!" African American Registry. born in Panama. He had a sister Juana born in 1581. He grew up in poverty, and at the age of 15 was taken in by the Dominicans as a servant boy. As his duties grew ...
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