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Pedro was educated by the Jesuits in the Visayas, a section of the Philippines. Pedro could read, write and speak Visayan, Spanish, and Chamorro, paint, draw, sing, and worked as a carpenter. He was a teenage catechist who worked with Spanish Jesuit missionaries to the violent Chamorros in the Ladrones Islands (modern Marianas) in 1668. Because he was a Christian on a mission to catechize the Chamorros, and Baptisms, Calungsod was murdered by two natives. He died trying to defend Father Diego Luis de San Vitores. He was a martyr.
Born
- c.1654 in Ginatilan, Cebu, Philippines
named for Saint Peter the Apostle
Died
- hacked to death with a catana on 2 April 1672 at Tomhom, Guam
- mutilated body thrown into the sea
Venerated
- 27 January 2000 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
Beatified
- 5 March 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican City
- the investigation proved the miraculous cure of bone cancer through Pedro’s intercession
Canonized
- 21 October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Patronage
- young people
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-pedro-calungsod/
