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title: "St. Martin de Porres: Feast Day November 3 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/
description: "St. Martin de Porres, Religious, patron of racial harmony, barbers, and social justice. Remembered on November 3, died 1639. Read their life in Bless."
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Religious · Remembered on November 3

# St. Martin de Porres

St. Martin de Porres is remembered on November 3 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of racial harmony, barbers, and social justice.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [November 3](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/#3) |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | 1639 |
| Patron of | [racial harmony](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#racial-harmony), [barbers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#barbers), [social justice](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#social-justice) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, November 3, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/#calendar) |

## Life

Son of a Spanish knight and a freed Black woman of Lima, apprenticed to a barber-surgeon, received by the Dominicans as a servant because the law barred him from vows — until his holiness overruled the law. Infirmarian, herbalist, friend of rats and orphans alike, he founded an orphanage and fed the city’s poor daily. Rose of Lima was his friend; all Peru was at his funeral.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Martin de Porres as patron of racial harmony, barbers, and social justice.

[Racial harmony](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#racial-harmony) [Barbers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#barbers) [Social justice](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#social-justice)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Martin de Porres. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, November 3, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/03/) | Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Philippians 2:5-11 · Psalm 22:26b-27, 28-30ab, 30e, 31-32 · Matthew 11:28 · Luke 14:15-24 |
| [Wednesday, November 3, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/11/03/) | Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Romans 13:8-10 · Psalm 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9 · 1 Peter 4:14 · Luke 14:25-33 |
| [Friday, November 3, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/11/03/) | Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Philippians 1:1-11 · Psalm 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 · John 10:27 · Luke 14:1-6 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[November 2 St. Malachy](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-malachy/) [November 4 St. Charles Borromeo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-charles-borromeo/)

[All the saints of November](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/) [Born on November 3?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#11-03) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Martin de Porres

Remembered on November 3

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/#calendar)

In the app

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