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Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz and Binondo Church, the main shrine of San Lorenzo Ruiz. Lorenzo Ruiz was born in Binondo, Manila, on 28 November 1594, [1] to a Chinese father and a Filipino mother who were both Catholic. His father taught him Chinese while his mother taught him Tagalog. Lorenzo served as an altar boy at the Binondo Church.
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 ...
The well is accessed from the Saint Lorenzo Ruiz Steps behind the Caysasay Church. An inconspicuous narrow walkway from the Steps takes visitors to the well. [11] To the townsfolk, the apparition had empowered the spring with healing powers. Continues Fr. Díaz:
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]
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San Lorenzo Ruiz Diocesan Academy Inc. – San Bartolome, San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija founded in 1989 San Lorenzo Ruiz Hospital – Naic , Cavite (formerly "The First Filipino Saint Hospital") San Lorenzo Ruiz General Hospital – medical clinic located at Malabon, Philippines
The Archdiocese of New York designated a chapel named after the first Filipino Saint Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila for the Filipino Apostolate. Officially designated as the "Church of Filipinos," or the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz is the second in the United States and only the third in the world dedicated as such. [citation needed]
The first site is only a few blocks away from the church in San Vicente while the second site is in San Lorenzo, the two oldest settlements in Gapan. The exterior of the church is plain while its interior formerly has a central retablo with niches dedicated to the Epiphany of the Lord and to the La Virgen Divina Pastora. This central retablo ...