Lorenzo Ruiz
Deceased Person
1600 – 1637
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Who was Lorenzo Ruiz?
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, also known as Laurentius Ruiz de Manila or San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, is the first Filipino saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church; he is thus the protomartyr of the Philippines. He was killed for refusing to leave Japan and renounce his Roman Catholic beliefs during the persecution of Japanese Christians under the Tokugawa Shogunate in the 17th century.
Saint Lorenzo is patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people.
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- Born
- 1600
Binondo - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Chinese Filipino
- Nationality
- Philippines
- Profession
- Lived in
- Manila
- Died
- Sep 29, 1637
Nagasaki
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on July 23, 2013
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