Saint Martin de Porres, patron saint of social justice (and also of hairstylists)! Saint Martin was a Peruvian “volunteer” who initially could not become a priest because he was multiracial. He repeatedly disobeyed his superiors by caring for sick and injured people, but instead of being punished they gave him mad props for being a good guy. He was later ordained in the Dominican order. Some more fun facts: Martins father was a Spanish knight and his mother was a freed slave from Panama. He was like an interracial Saint Francis of Assisi because like Francis, Martin placed a great emphasis on caring for the earth and animals. Because he cared for the sick and dying, people came to him with their illnesses and he turned homes into hospitals. :)
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 23:13:12 +0000
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