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Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino: Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila; Chinese: 李樂倫; Spanish: Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila; November 28, 1594 – September 29, 1637), also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, was a Filipino Catholic layman and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.
Lorenzo Ruiz, who was born of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, trained in this church and afterwards went as a missionary to Japan, where he and his companions were martyred for refusing to renounce Christianity. Lorenzo is the Philippines' first saint and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1987. A large statue of Ruiz stands in front ...
Statue of Saint Quiricus (Cyr, Cyricus) Child saints are children who died or were martyred and have been declared saints or martyrs of the Roman Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , Oriental Orthodox , Anglican , Episcopalian , or Lutheran Churches or have been beatified.
San Lorenzo Ruiz Steps. The hagdan-hagdan is a 125 granite steps from the Caysasay Church which leads up to the center of town. Originally, the steps were made of adobe stone, but these were later replaced with granite or batong song-song in the year 1850 by Fr. Celestino Mayordomo. It is now dedicated to the memory of San Lorenzo Ruiz. [8]
Ruiz died as a martyr of faith during the persecutions in Nagasaki, Japan, where the Japanese rulers organized an anti-clerical campaign. Ruiz was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Manila in 1981 and was later canonized at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, in 1987. 25 years later, the title of "saint" was bestowed upon another martyr, Pedro ...
Saint Jude Quasi-Parish Church (West Avenue) Saint Paul The Apostle Parish Church (Laging Handa) Saint Peter Parish Church (Commonwealth) San Antonio de Padua Parish Church (San Francisco del Monte) San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish Church (Tierra Verde) Santa Maria della Strada Parish Church; Santa Perpetua Parish Church (D. Tuazon)
Lorenzo da Ripafratta: Dominican habit [citation needed] Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier: Passionist habit, Image of the Child Jesus [citation needed] Lorenzo Ruiz: Rosary in clasped hands, gallows and pit, barong tagalog and black trousers, cross, martyr's palm: Louis Bertrand: A chalice containing a snake [30] Louis Brisson: Priest's ...
Lorenzo Ruiz and fifteen companions, martyrs (1987, Japan and Philippines) The 117 Vietnamese Martyrs (1988, Vietnam) John Gabriel Perboyre, priest of the Congregation of the Mission and martyr (1996, China) The 120 Martyr Saints of China (2000, China) Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Maronite nun (2001, Lebanon)