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          Peter Claver

          Spanish Jesuit missionary

          Saint


          Peter Claver


          SJ

          Petrus Claver, Aethiopum Servus (Peter Claver, Slave of the Africans)

          Born26 June 1580
          Verdú, Kingdom of Aragon, Spanish Empire
          Died8 September 1654(1654-09-08) (aged 74)[1]
          Cartagena, New Kingdom of Granada, Spanish Empire
          Venerated inCatholic Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
          Beatified20 July 1850, Rome by Pope Pius IX
          Canonized15 January 1888, Rome by Pope Leo XIII
          Major shrineIglesia de San Pedro Claver, Cartagena
          Feast9 September
          PatronageSlaves, Colombia, race relations, ministry to African-Americans, seafarers

          Peter ClaverSJ (Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corberó; 26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Spain, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to African Americans.

          During the 40 years of his ministry in the New Kingdom