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Martin de Porres
Martin de Porres was a lay brother of the Dominican order in Lima, the son of a Spanish nobleman and a freed Black woman from Panama. Known for his care for the sick and the poor, he became one of the most popular saints of Latin America and was canonised in 1962 as the first Black saint of the Americas. He is the patron saint of people of mixed race and of social justice.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Martin de Porres. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/martin-de-porres
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