Lorenzo Ruiz Saint

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (Tagalog: San Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila; Spanish: San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila; Latin: Laurentius Ruiz Manilensis; ca. 1600 – 29 September 1637) is a Filipino saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. A Chinese-Filipino, he became the country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century.Saint Lorenzo is patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1600
Birth place	Philippines , Manila , Binondo
Date of death	September 29, 1637
Place of death	Japan , Nagasaki Prefecture , Nishizaka
Title	First Saint and Protomartyr of the Philippines

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beatified by	Pope John Paul II
beatified date	February 18, 1981
beatified place	Manila
canonized by	Pope John Paul II
canonized date	October 18, 1987
canonized place	Rome Vatican City
major shrine	Philippines Binondo Church Manila Binondo
venerated in	Catholic Church