Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 to Don Juan de Porres, a Spanish nobleman, and Ana Velasquez, a freed daughter of slaves from Panama. At a very young age, his father ...

The group has previously recreated and unveiled the faces of St. Rose of Lima and St. Juan Macías. The son of a Spanish nobleman and a black slave woman, St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima in ...

Saint Martin de Porres High School in Cleveland announced it has received a four-year, $1.32 million grant from an anonymous donor to support its corporate work study program. The program allows ...

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.” ...

Many residents of Lima already spoke of Brother Martin de Porres as a living saint before his death at age 60 on Nov. 3, 1639. But his canonization did not occur until 1962, under Bl. Pope John XXIII.

Saint Martin De Porres was born in 1579 in Lima, Peru. His father, Don Juan de Porres, was a Spanish nobleman who became governor of Panama. His mother, Anna Martin, was a freed black slave.