San Lorenzo Day is celebrated on the tenth of August. Today. According to arttrav: Traditionally, on August 10th there is a night of falling stars – really a meteor shower – that is interpreted as San Lorenzo's tears.
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, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. 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.
Born
November 28, 1594
Binondo, Manila
Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died
September 29, 1637 (aged 42)
Nagasaki, Hizen Province, Tokugawa Shogunate
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.
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San Lorenzo Day is celebrated on the tenth of August. Today. According to arttrav: Traditionally, on August 10th there is a night of falling stars – really a meteor shower – that is interpreted as San Lorenzo's tears.
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, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. 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.
Born
November 28, 1594
Binondo, Manila
Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died
September 29, 1637 (aged 42)
Nagasaki, Hizen Province, Tokugawa Shogunate
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.
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San Lorenzo Day is celebrated on the tenth of August.