{"id":68230,"date":"2026-02-07T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=68230"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:45:10","slug":"7-fascinating-facts-about-st-martin-de-porres-the-first-black-saint-of-the-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/7-fascinating-facts-about-st-martin-de-porres-the-first-black-saint-of-the-americas\/","title":{"rendered":"7 datos fascinantes sobre San Mart\u00edn de Porres, el primer santo negro de las Am\u00e9ricas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>St. Martin de Porres. \/ Credit: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2025 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). On Nov. 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian Dominican brother who lived a life of humble service and charity and became the first Black saint of the Americas.Here are seven fascinating facts about this inspiring saint:1. His father refused to acknowledge him. De Porres was born in Lima, Peru, in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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De Porres was born in Lima, Peru, in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":77168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-68230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19865,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/st-martin-de-porres\/","url_meta":{"origin":68230,"position":0},"title":"St. Martin de Porres","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"noviembre 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] St. Martin de Porres Feast date: Nov 03 St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 as\u00c2\u00a0the son of Spaniard Juan de Porres, and\u00c2\u00a0a freed colored-woman from Panama, Ana Velasquez. Being of mixed race, Martin was of a lower social caste, though his father looked out for him and made sure the boy was apprenticed in a good trade.Martin studied to be a barber, which, at that time, meant that he also learned medicine. 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