| | Saint Peter Claver | Saint Peter Claver - Short, concise biography of Saint Peter Claver
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint Peter Claver
- Fast, concise facts and information
- Date of Birth and Death
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Peter Claver
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Jesuit
Saint Peter Claver Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Peter Claver
The following provides fast and concise facts and information: - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Peter Claver: September 9
- Description / Title of the Saint : Jesuit
- Date of Death: Saint Peter Claver died 1654
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The Story and History of Saint Peter Claver
The story and history of Saint Peter Claver. Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit. In Majorca he fell in with the holy lay-brother Alphonsus Rodriguez, who, having already learned by revelation the saintly career of Peter, became his spiritual guide, foretold to him the labors he would undergo in the Indies, and the throne he would gain in heaven. Ordained priest in New Granada, Peter was sent to Cartagena, the great slave-mart of the West Indies, and there he consecrated himself by vow to the salvation of those ignorant and miserable creatures. For more than forty years he labored in this work. He called himself "the slave of the slaves." He was their apostle, father, physician, and friend. He fed them, nursed. them with the utmost tenderness in their loathsome diseases, often applying his own lips to their hideous sores. His cloak, which was the constant covering of the naked, though soiled with their filthy ulcers, sent forth a miraculous perfume. His rest after his great labors was in nights of penance and prayer. However tired he might be, when news arrived of a fresh slave-ship, Saint Peter immediately revived, his eyes brightened, and he was at once on board amongst his dear slaves, bringing them comfort for body and soul. A false charge of reiterating Baptism for a while stopped his work. He submitted without a murmur till the calumny was refuted, and then God so blessed his toil that 40,000 negroes were baptized before he went to his reward, in 1654. Feast Day of Saint Peter Claver
The Feast Day of Saint Peter Claver is September 9. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven. |
Saint Peter Claver- Short, concise biography of Saint Peter Claver
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
- Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Peter Claver
- Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Peter Claver - September 9
- History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
- Date of Death: 1654
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Peter Claver
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Jesuit
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