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St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 as the son of Spaniard Juan de Porres, and a freed colored-woman from Panama, Ana Velasquez. Being of mixed race, Martin was of a lower social ca...
In the third century, St. Abraham Kidunaia was born into a prosperous household. After earning an outstanding education, Abraham was encouraged to marry. Despite his parents' desires, he told his b...
Ignatius, who was born in Syria in the middle of the first century A.D., is supposed to have received direct instruction from the Apostle Saint John and Saint Polycarp. Around the year 70, Ignatius...