Patron Saint of Peru

3 saints found

Martín de Porres

Feast Day: November 3

Patron of: interracial justice, social workers, barbers, Peru, sick animals, people of mixed race

Peruvian lay Dominican who achieved holiness through humble service to the poor.

Feast Day: August 23

Patron of: Peru, Americas, Indian peoples, gardeners, florists, embroiderers, against plague

First American saint whose intense mysticism and charity transformed colonial Peru.

Feast Day: March 23

Patron of: Archbishops, Peru, Indigenous peoples, catechists

Spanish archbishop who reformed the Church in Peru and championed Indigenous peoples.