<Tr> <Th> Attributes </Th> <Td> a dog, a cat, a bird, and a mouse eating together from a same dish; broom, crucifix, rosary, a heart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Patronage </Th> <Td> Diocese of Biloxi, Vietnam, Mississippi, black people, hair stylists, innkeepers, lottery, lottery winners, mixed - race people, Peru, poor people, public education, public health, public schools, race relations, social justice, state schools, television, Mexico, Peruvian Naval Aviators </Td> </Tr> <P> Martin de Porres Velázquez, O.P. (December 9, 1579--November 3, 1639), was a lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII . He is the patron saint of mixed - race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony . </P> <P> He was noted for work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children's hospital . He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat . Among the many miracles attributed to him were those of levitation, bilocation, miraculous knowledge, instantaneous cures, and an ability to communicate with animals . </P>

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