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Black Saint of the Americas - The Life and Afterlife of Martin de Porres (Paperback)
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Black Saint of the Americas - The Life and Afterlife of Martin de Porres (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
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In May 1962, as the struggle for civil rights heated up in the
United States and leaders of the Catholic Church prepared to meet
for Vatican Council II, Pope John XXIII named the first black saint
of the Americas, the Peruvian Martin de Porres (1579-1639), and
designated him the patron of racial justice. The son of a Spanish
father and a former slavewoman from Panama, Martin served a
lifetime as the barber and nurse at the great Dominican monastery
in Lima. This book draws on visual representations of Martin and
the testimony of his contemporaries to produce the first biography
of this pious and industrious black man from the cosmopolitan
capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru. The book vividly chronicles the
evolving interpretations of his legend and his miracles, and traces
the centuries-long campaign to formally proclaim Martin de Porres a
hero of universal Catholicism.
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