Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
SEPTEMBER 29, 1637
San Lorenzo Ruiz (ca. 1600 – 29 September 1637), born in Binondo, Manila and the first Filipino saint, was hung upside down in a pit in Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki, Japan.
Ruiz and his companions arrived in Japan during the time the Tokugawa Shogunate in the 17th century persecuted Japanese Christians.
He was arrested, tortured and killed for his refusal to leave Japan and renounce his Roman Catholic faith.
Pope John Paul II beatified San Lorenzo Ruiz on February 18, 1981 in Manila and canonized him on October 18, 1987 in Rome.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: saints.sqpn.com
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