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	Martin de Porres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Martín de Porres was born on December 9, 1579 in Lima, Peru and died there in 1639 Beatified in 1873 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized on May 16, 1962 by Pope John XXIII.
		He was a Dominican monk, the son of a Spanish nobleman and a young freed slave woman, possibly Afro-Peruvian, born in Panama.
		The district of San Martín de Porres in Lima was named in honor of this saint.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martin_de_Porres (261 words)

	Martin de Porres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin de Porres was born on December 9 1579 in Lima, Peru ; he died in 1639 and was beatified in 1873; he was canonized on May 16 1962 by Pope John XXIII.
		Martin de Porres, OP Biography of the patron of interracial justice.
		Martin de Porres A mestizo, and the first Black saint from the Americas.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Martin_de_Porres.html (438 words)

	J&P 1,c: Brothers and Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin is a great example of humility and a sign of hope for all those who are humiliated because of ethnic or racial discrimination.
		Martin did not hesitate to share his small cell with those who were unhappy, nor to involve his convent in his struggle against misery...
		Martin's extraordinary kindness and his love of prayer and humility brought him many friends from all social classes making it possible for him to alleviate the misery of many.
	www.op.org /curia/JPC/booklets/brosistr.htm (3192 words)

	St. Martin de Porres, November 3rd
		Martin's father abandoned his wife and children and they were forced to live in poverty for the early years of their life.
		At 15 Martin volunteered as a Lay helper at a Dominican monastery in Lima.
		Martin began a home for abandoned street children and planted orchards for the poor on unused land.
	www.emmitsburg.net /sasolmc/did_you_know/2002/st_martin_de_porres.htm (238 words)

	Martin de Porres
		Martin de Porres (1579-1339) was born out of wedlock in Lima, Peru, as the child of a Spaniard Don Juan de Porres, a Spanish nobleman and adventurer, and Ana Velasquez, a freed African slave.
		Martin himself insisted on performing hard and menial tasks as caring for the Order's horses in the evenings, even when informed that servants were available for these chores.
		Martin de Porres continues to be greatly revered, especially in the Americas, for his commitment to racial and social justice.
	www.nathanielturner.com /martindeporres.htm (541 words)

	Lives of the Saints, November 3, Saint Martin de Porres, Saint Hubert
		Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579, during the days when Spanish noblemen and many adventurers were still in the land, fascinated by the lure of the gold and silver which abounded there.
		Martin continued to transport the sick to the convent until the provincial Superior, alarmed by the contagion threatening the religious, forbid him to continue to do so.
		To Saint Martin the city of Lima owed a famous residence founded for orphans and abandoned children, where they were formed in piety for a creative Christian life.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/11-03.htm (1895 words)

	Saint Martin de Porres - Apostle of Charity - 611
		Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579 shortly after the city was founded and was a contemporary in that "City of Saints" with St. Rose of Lima, St. Turibius (Archbishop of Peru), St. Francis Solanus and Bl.
		St. Martin de Porres is famous for his miracles, which include multiplying food to help feed the monks--and the poor, who daily came to beg--healing the sick (even wounded and sick animals), visiting those in need through bilocation, and raising the dead.
		The life of St. Martin de Porres is explanation enough why he is so powerful with God and such a certain helper in time of need.
	www.catholicstore.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=17056&HS=1 (349 words)

	Colorado Catholicism by Thomas J. Noel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Father Rae and his parishioners selected the name St. Martin de Porres, which seemed doubly appropriate as it commemorates both the original settler and the patron saint of interracial justice, a cause revived with the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
		Martin de Porres was the illegitimate son of a Spanish grandee and an Indian woman.
		Martin was a gentleman who cared for animals as well as people and, like St. Francis of Assisi, he is often portrayed with animals.
	www.archden.org /noel/07062.htm (586 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Martin de Porres
		The example of Martin's life is ample evidence that we can strive for holiness and salvation as Christ Jesus has shown us: first, by loving God "with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind; and second, by loving your neighbor as yourself."
		When Martin had come to realize that Christ Jesus "suffered for us and that he carried our sins on his body to the cross, he would meditate with remarkable ardor and affection about Christ on the cross.
		Saint Martin, always obedient and inspired by his divine teacher, dealt with his brothers and with that profound love which comes from pure faith and humility of spirit.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintm02.htm (680 words)

	Saint Martin de Porres Parish - Parish Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579, the child of John de Porres, a Spanish knight, and a slave woman from Panama named Anna.
		Martin was extremely fond of animals and even kept a "cats’ and dogs’ home" at his sister’s house.
		Martin de Porres died at the Rosary priory on November 3, 1639, and was carried to his grave by prelates and noblemen.
	home.earthlink.net /~deporres1/pinfo-saint.htm (207 words)

	St. Martin de Porres, Our Patron Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin de Porres was the son of a Spanish nobleman, Don Juan de Porres, and a fl former slave, Ana Velasquez.
		At 15, Martin became a Dominican Brother and devoted his life to helping the poor by providing free medical care, food, and clothing to those in need.
		Most humble Martin de Porres, whose burning charity embraced not only your needy brethren, but also the very animals of the field, splendid example of charity, we hail you and invoke you.
	www.stmartindp.com /saint.htm (135 words)

	St. Martin de Porres Catholic School
		Martin de Porres Catholic School provides a learning environment where models of Gospel values and Christian doctrines, teachings and beliefs are an integral part of the daily life of the school.
		Martin de Porres School is developing programs from junior kindergarten to grade 8 which are consistent with Ministry of Education documents.
		Martin de Porres School is very proud and fortunate to have a dedicated and committed staff who offer numerous individual and team activities outside of the regular school day.
	www.tcdsb.org /schools/stmartindeporres.asp (723 words)

	St. Martin de Porres
		Martin de Porres was the unwanted child of a Spanish grandee and a freed African slave.
		Martin pretty much raised himself and on his own apprenticed to a surgeon so that he would have a trade.
		Martin had a deep longing for God and an overwhelming desire to help all who were poor and destitute.
	www.anaflora.com /articles/saints-sages/saint-8.html (579 words)

	SAN MARTíN DE PORRES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		San Martín de Porres (1579-1639) nació en Lima, Perú.
		Era hijo de un hidalgo español, D. Juan de Porres y de una muchacha mulata, Ana Velazquez.
		Su padre, gobernador de Panamá, le procuró una buena educación.
	www.espnuevomilenio.org /encyclopedia/S/San_Mart%EDn_de_Porres (233 words)

	Martin de Porres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The book describes in detail the exemplary life that St. Martin led in sixteenth-century Lima, along with the amazing things that happened to him as a result of his friendship with God.
		Tells about Martin's life as a Dominican, the story of the missing silver coin, of Martin's mysterious travels and of the rats and mice at the Dominican Monastery.
		In the Peruvian Priory where St Martin lives, the mice have overstayed their welcome and cats and traps are in their future.
	www.freeglossary.com /Martin_de_Porres (401 words)

	St Martin de Porres
		Martin de Porres was the son of a Spanish knight and a freed fl woman.
		When Martin was young his father abandoned him, his mother, and his sister in Lima, Peru.
		Martin could talk with animals, he also had the gift of bilocation, and St. Martin was blessed with the ability to see into a persons soul.
	www.ottawainnercityministries.ca /biographies/St_Martin_de_porres.htm (241 words)

	St. Martin de Porres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Like many others, Martin might have grown to be a bitter man, but he did not.
		Martin was reared in poverty, locked into a low level of Lima's society.
		After a few years in this medical apostolate, Martin applied to the Dominicans to be a "lay helper," not feeling himself worthy to be a religious brother.
	www.dominicans.org /~kniehoff/stmartindeporres.htm (590 words)

	The Florida Catholic - St. Martin de Porres Parish dedicates new church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The church design is an example of Peruvian architecture selected in honor of St. Martin de Porres, the church's patron saint, who was born in Peru.
		"St. Martin de Porres is believed to be the first church to have all 20 mysteries as permanent fixtures," said parishioner George Enot.
		Martin de Porres Parish is located at 2555 N.E. Savanna Road in Jensen Beach.
	www.thefloridacatholic.org /articles/040624/040624-pb-stmartindeporres.htm (871 words)

	Saint Martin De Porres Shrine Memphis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The St. Martin de Porres Shrine and Institute is a Catholic ministry, sponsored by the Southern Dominican Province, USA, reaching beyond boundaries of race, class, denomination, and nationality to promote social justice, spiritual growth, and healing works.
		Martin de Porres Shrine and Institute is a ministry of the Southern Dominican Province, USA.
		The Shrine and Institute promotes the legacy of St. Martin de Porres (1579-1639), patron saint of social justice in the Catholic Church.
	www.stmartinshrine.org /pages/1 (181 words)

	San Martin de Porres
		Nuestro paisano Martín de Porres, en vida y después de muerto hizo milagros por mayor.
		Martin de Porres was born at Lima, Peru, in 1579.
		Martin had a great desire to go off to some foreign mission and thus earn the palm of martyrdom.
	hometown.aol.com /moonlament/myhomepage/faith.html (1247 words)

	Martin De Porres - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin De Porres-Apostle of Charity (Cross and Crown Series of Spirituality)
		Martin de Porres: A Saint Of The Americas (15 Days of Prayer)
		Martin De Porres: The "Little Stories" and the Semiotics of Culture (Faith and Cultures Series)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /martin_de_porres.htm (85 words)

	Martin.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru on December 9, 1579.
		Martin was illegitimate, and when his father saw his dark skin he despised him and for many years abandoned his son.
		Martin slept only a few hours, he spent his days working and giving service to the needy and his nights he spent in prayer with God.
	www.op.org /domcentral/people/vocations/Martin.htm (500 words)

	Saint Martin de Porres, religious
		At the age of fifteen, Martin became a "resident oblate" in the Dominican Friary in Lima and was accepted as a lay brother nine years later.
		Martin was blessed with great graces and miracles such as: curing the sick, aerial flights, and bilocation.
		Saint Martin died on November 3, 1639 of typhus (a disease that is contracted from lice, mites, or fleas), probably contracted due to his contact with animals.
	www.wf-f.org /StMartindePorres.html (661 words)

	St. Martin de Porres by Fr. John Giuliani
		Martin joined the Dominicans and eventually became a lay brother in the order, clothed in the fl and white habit of St. Dominic.
		Martin dedicated himself to caring for the sick and poor, often children, in Peru.
		At the canonization of Martin de Porres, Pope John XXIII preached, "He was tireless in his efforts to reform the criminal, and he would sit up with the sick to bring them comfort.
	www.bridgebuilding.com /narr/gmad.html (380 words)

	st. martin de porres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin’s hosts two monthly outings, a monthly birthday party, dancing, games, movies and needlecraft, and there is a library.
		Martin’s encourages the seniors’ involvement in community and parish programs to increase their independence.
		Martin de Porres Senior Center is located at 4650 Taney Ave., Alexandria, and can be contacted from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
	www.catholicherald.com /articles/01articles/cc-stmartin.htm (689 words)

	St. Martin de Porres Catholic Elementary School
		Martin de Porress Catholic School, a ministry of St. Martin de Porres Parish, continues the tradition of providing a Christian educational environment for 3 year olds - Fifth Grade.
		Martin de Porres is a school where children, regardless of race, language or religion, are invited to be a "Shining Star."
		Click on the Map to view directions to St. Martin's or click the Mapquest icon for driving directions from your location.
	www.saintmartindeporres.org (173 words)

	San Martin de Porres - telenovela
		San Martin de Porres was born in Lima in the XVI century.
		The Brazilian version of "San Martin de Porres" is telenovela "O santo mestico" (1968, Globo) with Sergio Cardoso and Rosamaria Murtinho, it's the story of San Martin de Porres.
		Saint Martin de Porres is the first Saint canonized by the pope Giovanni XXIII in 1962.
	www.alma-latina.net /SanMartindePorres/SanMartindePorres.shtml (317 words)

	St. Martin de Porres, our school (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin de Porres, a Dominican Brother who died in Peru in 1639, seems an unlikely patron for a new Marianist school on Long Island.
		As a young man of mixed racial parentage who could not be ordained a priest, Martin experienced the sting of prejudice.
		Martin de Porres Marianist School extends Marianist education to children beginning with pre-school.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/stmartha/StMartinDePorres.html (536 words)

	St. Martin de Porres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin de Porres was born in Lima Peru, of Spanish and Afro parentage.
		Martin learned to pray when he was very young.
		Pope John XXIII raised Martin de Porres a Saint on May 5, 1962.
	www.op.org /mtthabor/Martin.htm (146 words)

	martin de porres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin de Porres Senior Center in Alexandria is home away from home for many local seniors.
		Martin’s recently celebrated its 24th anniversary with a luncheon, entertainment and an appreciation program for its 107 volunteers.
		The St. Martin de Porres Senior Center is located at 4650 Taney Ave., Alexandria, and can be contacted from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
	www.catholicherald.com /articles/01articles/porres426.htm (877 words)

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