List of Filipino saints, blesseds, and Servants of God

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Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint canonized

This is a list of Filipino saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God recognized by the Catholic Church. The majority of these men and women of religious life were born, died, or lived within the Philippines.

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Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1521 to the islands included Catholic priests and missionaries among the crew. Some Catholic missionaries became the explorers of the native lands while converting and coercing the Indios towards Christianism. Because of the Spanish colonization which had been started by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, Christianity was introduced as settling within Cebu. Cebu is a well known bastion of the Roman Catholic faith.

Catholics continue to contribute to Filipino religious life to the present day. Subsequently, several Filipino Catholics have been considered for sainthood over the past centuries. Most of these saints-to-be are from the 20th Century and moving forward. Very few from the Spanish era within the Philippines found their way to the various levels of Church "sanctity."

The first Filipino saint canonized was Lorenzo Ruiz, a married lay Dominican and member of the Rosarian Confraternity in dedication to Our Lady. Lorenzo died as a martyr of faith, during the persecutions in Nagasaki, Japan, where the Japanese rulers organized an anti-clerical campaign. Lorenzo 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. Twenty-five years later, the title of "saint" was bestowed upon another martyr, Pedro Calungsod. Pedro was then canonized in October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Saints

Blesseds

Venerables

Servants of God

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Mother Jeronima in her later years

Candidates for Sainthood

Group Martyrs

This sections conclude the list of martyrs pending for the Cause for Sainthood. Majority of them are underway for canonization proposed by the CCS.

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References

  1. ↑ Fray Diego de Herrera - Augustinian Churches and History
  2. ↑ Bishop Pedro de Agurto CatholicSaints.Info, 1 November 2018
  3. ↑ Father Francis Vernon Douglas Marist Messenger, 1 March 2020
  4. ↑ Cause for canonisation St Columbans Mission Society, 25 January 2019
  5. ↑ Couple’s love gives birth to Angeles inquirer.net, 14 February 2012
  6. ↑ Roderick Flores Santi e Beati, 14 March 2005
  7. ↑ Ex-colleague bats for Fr. Romano’s canonization inquirer.net, 8 July 2013
  8. ↑ Romano ‘modern martyr’ for the poor Cebu Daily News, 12 July 2015
  9. ↑ Ezequiel “Papa Zequiel” Baran Barangan Carcar Families
  10. ↑ Justin Daniel Bataclan Santi e Beati, 28 June 2009
  11. ↑ Announcement of the formal opening of the Cause for sainthood to Laureana "Ka Luring" Franco Youtube, 17 October 2020
  12. ↑ Del Mar calls on Church to lobby for Vidal’s sainthood Cebu Daily News, 23 November 2017
  13. ↑ A call to sainthood in Cebu Manila Times, 27 October 2017
  14. ↑ Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross
  15. ↑ Moll, Helmut (2015). ZEUGEN FÜR CHRISTUS (Helmut Moll ed.). FERDINAND SCHÖNINGH. p. 1597. ISBN   978-3-506-78080-5.

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