St. Martins love was all-embracing, shown equally to humans and animals, including vermin, and he maintained a cats and dogs hospital at his sisters house. He also possessed spiritual wisdom, demonstrated in his solving his sisters marriage problems, raising a dowry for his niece inside of three days time, and resolving theological problems for the learned of his Order and for Bishops. A close friend of St. Rose of Lima, this saintly man died on November 3, 1639 and was canonized on May 6, 1962. -Taken in part from Lives of the Saints, Rev. Hugo Hoever, S.O.Cist., Ph.D., Catholic Book Publishing Company
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