Peter Claver SJ was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú (Spain) who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of enslaved people, the Republic of Colombia, and ministry to Africans.
Petrus Claver, Aethiopum Servus (Peter Claver, Slave of the Africans)
Portrait of St. Peter Claver in the museum Palace of Inquisition, Cartagena, Colombia
Church of St. Peter Claver in Cartagena, Colombia, where Claver lived and ministered
The bones of Claver under an altar at the Church of St. Peter Claver in Cartagena
Verdú is a village and municipality in the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain. It is traditionally associated with the Segarra region, but in 1936 was transferred to the comarca of Urgell.
Plaça Major in Verdú
Verdú in 1916