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Saint Lorenzo Ruiz

Chinese: 李樂倫, Chinese: 李樂倫
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Binondo, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Death: September 29, 1637 (42)
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan (Exsanguination and suffocation)
Place of Burial: Pacific Ocean
Immediate Family:

Son of Unknown Chinese father of Lorenzo Ruiz, possibly surnamed Li and Unknown Filipino mother of Lorenzo Ruiz
Husband of Rosario
Father of Unnamed son; Unnamed son and Unnamed daughter

Occupation: Lay missionary
Managed by: Andrew Santiago Miranda
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About Lorenzo Ruiz


Lorenzo Ruiz is a Filipino saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. He became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shuganate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century.

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Lorenzo Ruiz's Timeline

1594
November 28, 1594
Binondo, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
1637
September 29, 1637
Age 42
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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Pacific Ocean