Saint Martin de Porres
- He was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579 and died in 1639. Born of a Spanish father and
an Indian mother from Panama.
- During his youth he worked for a surgeon-barber, where he learned about medicine
and about caring for those who were sick and injured. He entered the Dominican Friary at
Lima when He was fifteen, he spent the rest of his life there.
- He was so humble that they made him do all the simple jobs, that is why he always
is portrayed carrying a broom. He was given many gifts by God, among them to be able to
talk to animals.
- On one occasion they were going to exterminate the vermin in the monastery but he
arranged for them to stay in a barn where he would look after them. He could make peace
between cats and dogs, and between cats and mice. He received the gift of healing sick
people, the gift of bilocation and many other gifts of wisdom.
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