Martin de Porres

Saint Martin de Porres (December 9, 1579 – November 3, 1639), born Martín de Porres Velázquez, is a Roman Catholic Saint of the Dominican Order. He is traditionally known as the patron saint of hair stylists, of innkeepers, and of those who work for public health. He has also at times been called the patron saint of people of mixed race, as he himself was of mixed race. He was canonized in 1962. His feast day is November 3rd.

Martin de Porres, born Martín de Porres Velázquez, was born to Juan de Porras (a Spanish hidalgo) and Ana Velásquez (a freed slave from Panama). He was abandoned in his youth. He was then taken in by a barber where he learned haircutting for a couple of years.

He decided he wanted to be a member of the Dominican Order in his early youth, and at the age of 15, the Dominican Convent of the Rosary in Lima allowed him to enter, starting as a servant boy.

He is buried at the Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo, in Lima, Peru.

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