This Roman Catholic devotional image has been appropriated by practitioners of Santeria, through a process called syncretism, to represent a pagan deity.
St. Martin de Porres died in Lima, Peru.
Saint Martin de Porres was canonized as a saint by Pope John XXIII in 1962.
St. Martin de Porres lived and worked in Lima, Peru.
The image of Saint Barbara used to represent Santeria as sexuality, fire, thunder and lighting.
Saint Martin de Porres and Saint Martin of Tours were both Christian.
Saint Martin of Tours - November 11. Saint Martin de Porres - November 3.
St. Martin was a lay Dominican brother who served in Peru.
Martin de Porres Velázquez is the patron saint of barbers and mixed race peoples.
Martin died on November 3, 1639, in Lima, Peru, of a fever.
Saint Martin de Porres lived in Lima, Peru for most of his life. He was born there in 1579 and spent his adulthood serving the poor and sick in the city.
Saint Martin de Porres and Saint Peter Claver are the patron saints for racial harmony.
Please be specific as there are several saints named Martin.