Optional Memorial
Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions
- Feast day
- September 28
- Patron of
- the Philippines
- Origin
- Filipino
Life
Lawrence Ruiz was the first Filipino saint, a layman and father of three who was martyred with fifteen companions in Nagasaki, Japan, for refusing to renounce Christianity.
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