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    Pedro Calungsod

    Second Filipino saint and Martyr

    Saint


    Pedro Calungsod

    Calungsod on a stained-glass window in Cubao Cathedral

    BornJuly 21, 1654[1][2]
    Ginatilan, Cebu, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
    DiedApril 2, 1672(1672-04-02) (aged 17)[3]
    Tumon, Guam, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
    Venerated inCatholic Church
    BeatifiedMarch 5, 2000, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City bygd Pope John Paul II
    CanonizedOctober 21, 2012, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
    Major shrineCebu Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Pedro Calungsod, Archbishop's Residence Compound, 234 D. Jakosalem St., Cebu City 6000 PH
    FeastOctober 21
    April 2 (before 2025)
    AttributesMartyr's palm, Spear, Bolo, Doctrina Christiana book, Rosary, Christogram, Crucifix
    PatronageFilipino youth, Catechumens, Altar servers, the Philippines, Overseas Filipino Workers, Cebuanos, V

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    Pedro Calungsod: A 17-year-old Filipino catechist who was killed for his faith

    Calungsod bravely set out as a young missionary in Guam and converted many to Christianity.Born in the Visayan Islands of the Philippines during the 17th century, Pedro Calungsod eventually traveled to Guam, where his zeal for the Christian faith was put to good use. He was willing to do anything to serve Christ and his Church, even if it meant giving up his life.

    Initially Calungsod volunteered to help the Jesuit missionaries there and to become a catechist. It was a difficult life in Guam as the territory was not easy to navigate and the native people were not always receptive to the word of God.

    One day a Chinese immigrant began spreading rumors about the missionaries. He claimed that the water used for baptism was poisonous. This was based on the reality that many of the infants who were baptized were in danger of death. It appeared to some of the people that every time a missionary baptized a baby

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    St. Pedro Calungsod (Filipino)

    Few details of the early life of St. Pedro Calungsod are known. Historical research identifies Ginatilan in Cebu, Hinunangan and Hinudayan in Southern Leyte, and the Molo district of Iloilo City, as possible places of origin. Regardless of his precise birthplace, all four locations were within the territory of the Diocese of Cebu at the time of Calungsod’s martyrdom. 

    In 1668, Calungsod, then around age 14, was amongst the exemplary young catechists chosen to accompany Spanish Jesuit missionaries to the Islas de los Ladrones (“Isles of Thieves”), which have since been renamed the Marianas Islands the year before to honor both the Virgin Mary and the mission’s benefactress, Maria Ana of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain.

    Calungsod accompanied the priest Diego San Vitores to Guam to catechize the native Chamorros. Shortly after their arrival, a Chinese man named Choco, a criminal from Manila who was exiled in Guam, began s