St. Pedro Calungsod

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Feastday: April 2
Patron of Filipino youth, altar boys, the Philippines, Overseas Filipino Workers, Guam, Cebuanos.
1654 - 1672
Beatified By: 5 March 2000, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Canonized By: On 10/21/2012 by Pope Benedict XVI

Saint Pedro Calungsod (c. 1654 � April 2, 1672) is a Filipino Roman Catholic martyr who was killed while doing missionary work in Guam in 1672. He was beatified on March 5, 2000, by Pope John Paul II. As a skilled sacristan and teacher of cathecism, he was a companion of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores to the Marianas Islands. Through their efforts, many receive the sacraments especially that of baptism. A plot to kill Pedro and San Vitores started when a certain Choco, a Chinese who gained influence over the Macanas of Marianas Island, circulated false accusations that the missionaries were spreading poison through the ritual of the pouring of water (i.e. baptism), and through the ritual of Catholic Masses. Calungsod and Diego San Vitores were both murdered after baptizing an infant and mother who converted to the Roman Catholic faith.

Calungsod is the second Filipino saint after San Lorenzo Ruiz if approved by the Pope and the Holy See.

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john ivan balberan
5 days ago
after 1st and 2nd pilipino saints st. lorenzo ruiz and st. pedro calungsod and 1st blessed bl. eugenio sanz-orzco mortera
krystal galle l.castillo
7 months ago
St.Pedro Calungsod,Pray for us
chet bas
1 year ago
happy feast day st. Calungsod. thank you for saving me from death in 2003.please continue to intercede for me and my mom.
Dexter Escudero
1 year ago
Before St. Lorenzo Ruiz. Now, there is a new saint to be inspired of. Me as a Filipino feel so proud to our new saint. It brings me new hope that someday, all of us could be like St. Lorenzo, St. Pedro, and all the saints throughout the world. The faith they'd shown be the great example to us. I pray that someday, we learn to be like them (All the saints). St. Pedro, we awe you for your great faith in our Lord God.. Amen..

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