St. Martín de Porres (1579 – 639), 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. Martín de Porres was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a black servant. He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony.
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