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San Martín De Porres (telenovela)
Martin de Porres (Juan Martin de Porres, 1579–1639) is a Peruvian Roman Catholic patron saint of mixed-race people and racial harmony, usually depicted holding a black scapular and capuce in iconography. San, Saint or St. Martin de Porres may also refer to: Places * San Martín de Porres District, a district in Lima, Peru, located in the area known as ''Cono Norte'' * San Martín de Porres, Las Palmas, Panama * San Martín de Porres, Santiago, Panama * San Martin de Porres, Parañaque, the Philippines Schools * St Martin de Porres, Adelaide, an elementary school in Sheidow Park, South Australia, Australia * St. Martin Secondary School, a high school under the separate school system in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada * St Martin de Porres School (Ghana) * University of San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru * Central Saint Martins, the College of Arts and Design of the University of the Arts London, United Kingdom ** Saint Martin's School of Art, an art college that merged to form Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin De Porres
Martín de Porres Velázquez (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian 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, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony. He was noted for his 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. Life Martin was born in the city of Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru, on 9 December 1579. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman, Don Juan de Porras y de la Peña, and Ana Velázquez, a freed slave of African and Native descent. He had a sister named Juana de Porres, born two years later in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
