Lorenzo Ruiz
Filipino saint and Martyr
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (ca. 1600 – 29 September 1637) is a Filipino saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. A Chinese-Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan.
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- Kahit maging sanglibo man
Ang buhay n'yaring katawan
Pawa kong ipapapatay,
Kung inyong pagpipilitang
Si Kristo'y aking talikdan.- Had I many thousands of lives I would offer them all for him. Never shall I apostatize. You may kill me if that is what you want. To die for God—such is my will.
- Quoted in Pope John Paul II, Homily for the beatification of Lorenzo Ruiz, Manila, 18 February 1981.
