Martin de beer biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
Martin de beer biography for kids
7 fascinating facts about St. Martin de Porres, the first black saint of the Americas
His father refused to acknowledge him. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579. He was the son of a Spanish nobleman and former Panamanian black slave.
His father, Don Juan de Porres, refused to publicly acknowledge the boy as his own because Martin was black, like his mother. Being biracial would prove challenging for Martin throughout his life.
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He started practicing medicine before he was 13. Martin served as an apprentice to a doctor, and before the age of 13 he began to learn the practice of medicine. He would eventually become a barber, which at the time performed minor medical and surgical procedures like pulling teeth or emptying abscesses.
He faced discrimination as a Dominican. Martin entered the Dominican order in 1603. Becoming a Dominican brother proved to be challenging for Martin because a Peruvian law at the time prevented people of mixed race from joining rel