Lorenzo Ruiz

Saint

Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila

TOSD
Saint; Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila; TOSD
	Ruiz on a stained-glass window in Cubao Cathedral
Martyr
Born	November 28, 1594; Binondo, Manila; Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Died	September 29, 1637 (aged 42); Nagasaki, Hizen Province, Tokugawa Shogunate
Cause of death	Tsurushi
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	February 18, 1981, Manila, Philippines by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	October 18, 1987, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Major shrine	Binondo Church, Binondo, Manila, Philippines
Feast	September 28
Attributes	Rosary in clasped hands, gallows and pit, barong tagalog or camisa de chino and black trousers, cross, palm of martyrdom
Patronage	The Philippines, Filipinos, Overseas Filipino Workers and migrant workers, immigrants, the poor, separated families, Filipino youth, Chinese-Filipinos, Filipino Altar servers, Tagalogs, Archdiocese of Manila.

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. A Chinese Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century. Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people.