Martin de Porres Saint

Martin de Porres Velázquez, O.P. (December 9, 1579 – November 3, 1639), was a 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 and all those seeking interracial harmony.He was noted for work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children's hospital. He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat. Among the many miracles attributed to him were those of levitation, bilocation, miraculous knowledge, instantaneous cures, and an ability to communicate with animals.

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Birth date	December 09, 1579
Birth place	New Spain , Lima , Viceroyalty of Peru
Date of death	November 03, 1639
Place of death	New Spain , Peru , Lima , Viceroyalty of Peru
Title	Martin of Charity Saint of the Broom

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beatified by	Pope Gregory XVI
canonized by	Pope John XXIII
canonized date	May 06, 1962
major shrine	Peru Lima Church of Santo Domingo (Lima)
venerated in	Anglican Communion Lutheranism Catholic Church