Martin de Porres died on Nov. 3, 1639 at age 60. He was canonized by Pope St. John XXIII on May 16, 1962. At his canonization Mass, St. John XXIII called him “Martin of Charity.” ...

The University of San Martín de Porres was founded as a private Roman Catholic institution by the Dominican order in 1962 and was named after the 19th century Peruvian lay brother canonised that year ...