Saint Martin de Porres

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Saint Martin de Porres was a 16th–17th century Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order renowned for his humility, charitable works, and miracles, and is venerated as the first Black saint of the Americas.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saint Martin de Porres canonical 5
San Martín de Porres 2
Juan de Porres 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious
Christian mystic
Dominican lay brother
Peruvian person
Roman Catholic saint
human
associatedWith Lima
Peru
beatifiedBy Pope Gregory XVI
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope John XXIII
countryOfCitizenship Viceroyalty of Peru
dateOfBeatification 1837-10-29
dateOfBirth 1579-12-09
dateOfCanonization 1962-05-06
dateOfDeath 1639-11-03
ethnicGroup African descent
Indigenous American descent
familyName Saint Martin de Porres self-linksurface differs
surface form: de Porres
father Saint Martin de Porres self-linksurface differs
surface form: Juan de Porres
feastDay November 3
givenName Martin
hasSister Juana de Porres
knownFor austerity and penance
care for animals
extraordinary devotion to the Eucharist
memberOf Dominican friars
surface form: Dominican Order

Order of Preachers
mother Ana Velázquez
notableFor care for the sick
charity
humility
miracles
service to the poor
notableWork charitable works for the poor and sick in Lima
occupation almoner
barber
infirmarian
lay brother
surgeon
patronage barbers
mixed-race people
public health workers
racial harmony
social justice
the poor
placeOfBirth Lima
Viceroyalty of Peru
placeOfDeath Lima
Viceroyalty of Peru
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo
surface form: Dominican convent of Our Lady of the Rosary, Lima
sexOrGender male
veneratedAs first Black saint of the Americas
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

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Roman Catholic Church in Peru patronSaint Saint Martin de Porres
Universidad de San Martín de Porres namedAfter Saint Martin de Porres
San Martín de Porres District capital Saint Martin de Porres
this entity surface form: San Martín de Porres
San Martín de Porres District namedAfter Saint Martin de Porres
locality of Chapinero hasPart Saint Martin de Porres
subject surface form: Chapinero
this entity surface form: San Martín de Porres
Saint Martin de Porres familyName Saint Martin de Porres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: de Porres
Saint Martin de Porres father Saint Martin de Porres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Juan de Porres