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PoreÄ/Parenzo is almost 2,000 years old, and is set around a harbor protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola/San Nicola (Saint Nicholas).rom 1945 to 1991 PoreÄ/Parenzo was a city of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then part of SR Croatia. In 1991 Croatia became an independent state. Today, the city's Italian name ( Parenzo ) is also used in an official capacity.
He is also the titular saint of the parish of St. Martin de Porres in Poughkeepsie, NY, St. Martin de Porres Marianist elementary school in Uniondale, NY, and St. Martin de Porres Catholic elementary school in Scarborough, ON, Canada.