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Who was the first known black saint?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

We really do not know who the first black saint was. In the early Church there were a number of African saints, even popes. However, no mention is made of their race. They could have been black, dark skinned or caucasian.

In recent centuries there is St. Martin de Porres from Peru who was black.

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