Memorial
Saint Peter Claver
- Feast day
- September 09
- Patron of
- African Americans and slaves
- Origin
- Spanish
Life
Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit who spent forty years ministering to enslaved Africans arriving in Cartagena, Colombia. He declared himself 'the slave of the slaves forever.'
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