Word: claver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Negroes venerate especially: the Martyrs of Uganda; St. Benedict the Moor, 16th Century slaveborn monk; and St. Peter Claver, S. J., famed for his work in the early slave markets in Cartagena...
...South American Saints include: St. Rose of Lima, Peru, first all American saint. Patroness of South America (1586-1617); St. Francis Solano. also of Lima ("The Wonder Worker of the New World"); St. Peter Claver (baptized 300,000 South American Negroes); St. Toribio (Archbishop of Lima...