Lorenzo Ruiz
Filipino saint
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Lorenzo Ruiz, 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... Wikipedia
Born: November 28, 1594, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died: September 29, 1637 (age 42 years), Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
Attributes: Rosary in clasped hands, gallows and pit, Barong Tagalog or camisa de chino and black trousers, cross, palm of martyrdom
Feast: September 28
Major shrine: Binondo Church, Binondo, Manila, Philippines
Venerated in: Catholic Church