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November 3: Ideal Martin division Porres, Religious—Optional Memorial

1579–1639
Patron Venerate of African-Americans, biracial go out, barbers, innkeepers, the casual, Peru, high society health workers, public schools, television, challenging interracial tell social justice
Canonized by Catholic John Twentythree on Possibly will 6, 1962
Liturgical Color: White
Version: Brimming – Short

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Reflection: In 1532, Spanish explorers arrived bill modern-day Peru and captured the Incan Emperor, Atahualpa, marking interpretation beginning closing stages Spanish

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Martin de Porres

Roman Catholic saint (1579–1639)

"St. Martin de Porres" and "Saint Martin de Porres" redirect here. For other uses, see St. Martin de Porres (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Porres and the second or maternal family name is Velázquez.

Saint Martin de Porres OP
Portrait of St. Martin de Porres, c. 17th century, Monastery of Rosa of Santa Maria in Lima. This portrait was painted during his lifetime or very soon after his death, hence it is probably the most true to his appearance.
Born	9 December 1579 Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire
Died	3 November 1639(1639-11-03) (aged 59) Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru (modern-day Peru), Spanish Empire
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, Anglican Communion
Beatified	29 October 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI
Canonized	6 May 1962, by Pope John XXIII
Major shrine	Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo, Lima, Peru
Feast	3 November
Attributes	a dog, a cat, a bird, and a mouse eating together from a same dish; broom, crucifix, rosary, a heart
Patronage	Diocese of Biloxi, Vietnam, Mississippi, black people, hair stylists, innkeepers, lottery, lottery winners, mixed-race people, Peru, poor people, • St. Martin de Porres, Dominican St. Martin de Porres, 17th century  Growing up in poverty In 1579, Martín de Porres Velésquez was born in Lima, Peru into the kind of poverty familiar to many of the world’s children. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a black and possibly indigenous freed slave, Ana Velásquez. The nobleman abandoned them – he acknowledged the dark-skinned boy as his son only eight years later – leaving Ana to scrape by a living for herself and her two children alone. At 12, Martín was apprenticed to a barber-surgeon. The boy learned to cut hair and tend the sick. And increasingly, he prayed, until he was spending hours each night in conversation with God. The Lord was stirring his heart, calling him in love, but Martín was a poor, black boy with no father, in a country where the law prohibited descendants of the African slaves from becoming professed members of religious orders. A mulatto Dominican Love was stronger than societal custom, however. It made Martín humble, and he asked to be accepted by the Dominican priory in Lima as a lay helper. Eight years of the humblest service, cutting the friars’ hair, scrubbing, sweeping and tending to the needs of the poor, showed the prior, Juan de L