Collier's Enc. (Martin de Porres, St. (1579-1639))
Enc. Brit, 15th ed. (Porres, San Martín de, b. 1579, d. 11-3-1639; Peruvian national patron of social justice)
Enc. univ. illus. (Martín de Porres, Beato, b. 1569, d. 11-5-1639)
San Martín de Porras, 1992
Wikipedia, May 9, 2013 (Saint Martin de Porres; born December 9, 1579 in Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru; died November 3, 1639 in Lima; a 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 and all those seeking interracial harmony. Among the many miracles attributed to him were those of levitation, bilocation, miraculous knowledge, instantaneous cures, and an ability to communicate with animals. Juan Martin de Porres was born in the city of Lima, in the Viceroyalty of Peru, on December 9, 1579, the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman, Don Juan de Porres. His mother was a freed slave from Panama, of African or possibly part Native American descent, named Ana Velázquez.)
