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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 Martin was a friend of both Saint Juan Macías , a fellow Dominican lay brother, and Saint Rose of Lima , another lay Dominican.
Martín de Porres Velázquez OP (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) 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 mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, all those seeking racial harmony, and animals.
Lateral nave where the remains of St. Rose of Lima, St. Martin de Porres and St. John Macias rest. Place where St. Martin de Porres had its cell being destroyed by the earthquake of 1746. Due to the faithful and donations of the Church, a chapel is built in the place where he also had his nursery.
Martin Luther was named after St. Martin, as he was baptised on 11 November 1483 (St. Martin's Day), and many older Lutheran congregations are named after St. Martin. Martin of Tours is the patron saint of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps , which has a medal in his name.
The National Sanctuary of Blessed Martín de Porres (Spanish: Santuario Nacional San Martín de Porres) is a Catholic church and sanctuary dedicated to Martin de Porres located in Cataño, Puerto Rico.
Martin de Porres (Juan Martin de Porres, 1579–1639) is a Peruvian Roman Catholic patron saint of mixed-race people and racial harmony, usually depicted holding a black scapular and capuce in iconography. San, Saint or St. Martin de Porres may also refer to:
Because of Jim Crow laws in the 1850s, emancipated black Catholic attendees of St. Matthew's Cathedral on Rhode Island Avenue were segregated and relegated to worship in the basement of the church. In 1858, the group of emancipated black Catholics founded Saint Martin de Porres Church, in honor of Peruvian Dominican brother St Martin de Porres ...
Saint Martin de Porres is a sculpture of St Martin de Porres by American artist and Catholic priest Fr Thomas McGlynn, OP. It is one of McGlynn's most well known works and is said to have contributed to the canonization of the saint in 1962. [1] [2]