Martín de Porres, Saint, 1579-1639
Dates
- Existence: 1579 December 9 - 1639 November 3
Biographical note
Born at Lima, in Peru, son of a Spanish knight of Alcantara and of a Black or Indigenous mother from Panama, Martin became a barber and studied surgery, and entered as a lay-brother at the Dominican friary of Lima. Here he nursed the sick, ministered to the poor and enslaved, and cared for stray animals. When Martin was dying, the Spanish Viceroy, the Count of Chinchon, came to kneel by his bed and ask for his blessing. Canonized in 1962.
(paraphrased from The Book of Saints : A Dictionary of Persons Canonized or Beatified by the Catholic Church. 5th edition. New York: Crowell, 1966.)
Alternate names
Martín de Porres Velázquez, Martin Porres
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Saint Martín de Porres, 1960, before 1962, undated, bulk: 1926–1968
Relics in a variety of reliquaries, including badges, crucifixes, devotional wallets, lockets, and reliquary boxes.
Content notice
Some relics include fragmentary human remains.
Collection is open for research.