RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Martin de Porres

1579 - 1639

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Martín de Porres Velázquez (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian 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, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, all those seeking racial harmony, and animals. He was noted for his work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children's hospital. He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat. Among the many miracles attributed to him were those of levitation, bilocation, miraculous knowledge, instantaneous cures, and an ability to communicate with animals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin de Porres is the 844th most popular religious figure (down from 699th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Peru (down from 15th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Peruvian Religious Figure.

Martin de Porres was a Dominican friar, and is most famous for being the first person of African descent to be declared a saint.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Martin de Porres ranks 844 out of 3,187. Before him are Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Mammes of Caesarea, 6th Dalai Lama, John Nelson Darby, John of Rila, and Servatius of Tongeren. After him are Antipope Ursicinus, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Antipope Boniface VII, Stanisław Dziwisz, Maron, and Guru Arjan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Martin de Porres ranks 3. Before him are Tokugawa Hidetada, and Tirso de Molina. After him are Frans Snyders, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Fletcher, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Juan Pablo Bonet, Jens Munk, and Luis Vélez de Guevara. Among people deceased in 1639, Martin de Porres ranks 4. Before him are Mustafa I, Tommaso Campanella, and Orazio Gentileschi. After him are Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, Roelant Savery, Martin Opitz, Stefano Landi, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Augusta of Denmark, and John Ford.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Martin de Porres ranks 17 out of 287. Before him are Rose of Lima (1586), Túpac Amaru II (1738), Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), Huáscar (1490), Yma Sumac (1923), and Topa Inca Yupanqui (1441). After him are Viracocha Inca (1310), Teófilo Cubillas (1949), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Alan García (1949), Túpac Huallpa (1510), and Abimael Guzmán (1934).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Peru

Among religious figures born in Peru, Martin de Porres ranks 3. Before him are Manco Cápac (1250), and Rose of Lima (1586). After him are Sinchi Roca (1230), Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943), Mayta Cápac (1290), Pedro Barreto (1944), and Juan Guevara (1882).

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