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Martin de Porres
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Martin de Porres: see Porres, Saint Martin de Porres, Saint Martin de , 1579–1639, Peruvian Dominican lay brother, b. Lima. He was the son of a Spanish soldier and a black freedwoman from Panama. Apprenticed to a barber-surgeon, he later joined a monastery as a tertiary, or lay brother, in Lima and devoted
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The Virgen del Cobre listened to our petitions, and Saint Martin of Porres comforted us in our trials.
One reason why I'm Catholic is because at the feet of Saint Martin of Porres, I learned what being Catholic is all about.
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