Martin de Porres

Martín de Porres ( born December 9, 1569 Lima, Peru, † November 3, 1639 ibid ), Martin de Porres, the " broom Holy ", was a Peruvian Dominican monk. He is venerated as a saint.

Life

Martín de Porres was the son of the Spanish nobleman Juan de Porres and Anna Velasquez, a subsidiary of African slaves from Panama. The relationship between his parents was so unusual for that time. From his mother, he was brought up religiously. He was an assistant to a doctor and earned by knowledge as a wound doctor and pharmacist. He was by his loving nature soon became very well known and very popular among the poor. It has also been reported miraculous healings.

1594, he resigned as a lay brother in the Dominican monastery of Lima. As a mulatto, he was initially treated very badly and divided into simple tasks. He was inducted into the Order until June 2, 1603. In the monastery he devoted himself to nursing and treated everyone, regardless of their skin color. With the help of his sister, he founded an orphanage in Lima and numerous charitable institutions. He led a very ascetic life, hardly slept and was worshiped by the people in his lifetime as a saint. 1639, he died 70 years old from the effects of typhoid fever.

Martín de Porres in 1837 by Gregory XVI. beatified and on May 6, 1962 by John XXIII. canonized.

A district of Lima is named after him.

Memorial and Other

His feast day for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church is the 3rd of November.

For the Roman Catholic Church he is the patron saint of healing and nursing staff, the saint against rats and mice plague and social justice as well as the patron of the mulatto (according to " Ignaz or of Dunces " by John Kennedy Toole ).

The U.S. jazz composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams composed in his honor shortly after his canonization their piece Black Christ of the Andes ( as an album published in 1963 ).

A cemetery in Texas was dedicated to him.

Iconography

He is usually depicted as mulatto in the Habit of the Dominicans with cross, rosary and a broom.