Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 to Don Juan de Porres, a Spanish nobleman, and Ana Velasquez, a freed daughter of slaves from Panama. At a very young age, his father abandoned the family when Martin and his sister, Juana, were children. The family lived in abject poverty and Ana […]
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