Saint Martin de Porres is the patron saint of:African-Americans
against rats
barbers
bi-racial people
black people
for inter-racial justice
for social justice
hair stylists
hairdressers
hotel-keepers
innkeepers
mixed-race people
mulattoes
Negroes
paupers
poor people
public education
public health
public schools
race relations
racial harmony
state schools
television
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Biloxi, Mississippi, diocese of
he become a saint by helping a poor Indian bleeding to death
Martin was a Dominican brother and was a barber. He was the first person of color to be allowed to enter the Dominican order as a brother. He worked in the infirmary and also cared for abandoned animals.
Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579. He was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a freed African slave woman. Martin de Porres is known for his acts of charity and compassion towards the poor and sick, and he is considered the patron saint of social justice and racial harmony.
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.
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Saint Martin de Porres and Saint Peter Claver are the patron saints for racial harmony.
The Patron Saint Index lists Saint Joseph and Saint Martin de Porres as patron saints for Social Justice.
The patron saint of television and television writers are Clare of Assisi, Gabriel the Archangel and Martin de Porres.
Martin de Porres Velázquez is the patron saint of barbers and mixed race peoples.
Patron saints of barbers: Cosmas Damian Louis IX Martin de Porres
he become a saint by helping a poor Indian bleeding to death
The patron saints of hairdressers are: Cosmas Damian Louis IX Martin de Porres Mary Magdalen
The patron saints of hairstylists:* Cosmas* Damian* Louis IX* Martin de Porres* Mary Magdalen
Pope St. Martin is a saint but not a patron saint.
St. Martha is the best known patron saint of waitresses.
Saint Martin of Tours - November 11. Saint Martin de Porres - November 3.
Saint Martin de Porres and Saint Martin of Tours were both Christian.