Professor Celia Cussen: 1 book
Black Saint of the Americas
The Life and Afterlife of Martín de Porres
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
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 Martín de Porres (1579–1639), and designated him the patron of racial...
