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.
Rose of Lima
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.
Turibius of Mogrovejo
Feast Day: March 23
Patron of: Archbishops, Peru, Indigenous peoples, catechists
Spanish archbishop who reformed the Church in Peru and championed Indigenous peoples.