Peter Claver
Spanish priest and missionary
Peter Claver SJ was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of enslaved people, the Republic of Colombia, and ministry to Africans. Wikipedia
Born: June 1580, Verdú, Spain
Died: September 8, 1654 (age 74 years), Cartagena, Colombia
Place of burial: Santuario de San Pedro Claver, Cartagena, Colombia
Parents: Pedro Claver y Minguella and Ana Corberó
Siblings: Isabel Claver
Canonized: 15 January 1888, Rome by Pope Leo XIII
Feast: 9 September
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A native of Spain, young Jesuit Peter Claver left his homeland forever in 1610, to be a missionary in the colonies of the New World.
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St. Peter Claver, SJ, is patron of African missions and of inter-racial justice, due to his work with slaves in Columbia.
September 9th is the Memorial of St. Peter Claver, who ministered to enslaved Africans. St. Peter Claver was a Jesuit priest from Catalonia who served ...
September 9, 2022 — Today is the feast day of Saint Peter Claver, a Jesuit missionary known as the patron saint of slaves, African missions and interracial ...
Biography of the Spanish Jesuit priest who for 33 years ministered to African slaves in the New World, and tried to stop the slave trade. Died in 1654.
St. Peter Claver was born at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain, in 1580, of impoverished parents descended from ancient and distinguished families.
Peter Claver (1580-1654) devoted great care to slaves just arriving in South America despite the social convention that did not consider them human.
