Blessed Pedro Calungsod
Blessed Pedro Calungsod (c. 1654 – April 2, 1672) was a young Roman
Catholic Filipino sacristan and missionary catechist, who along with
Spanish Jesuit missionary Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered
religious persecution and martyrdom on Guam for their missionary work in
1672. Calungsod was beatified on March 5, 2000 by Blessed Pope John
Paul II. On February 18, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI officially announced at
Saint Peter’s Basilica that Calungsod will be canonized on October 21,
2012.
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