Pedro Calungsod
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Pedro Calungsod, also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, proselytized and converted the indigenous people of Guam, in some cases without consent, which led to...
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Queen Mariana of Austria, Regent of Spain, the benefactress of the mission to the Ladrones Islands later named in her honor.
San Pedro Calungsod Parish and Sanctuary of St. Padre Pio, Antipolo
Among Calungsod’s attributes is a Catechism book, often depicted as the Doctrina Christiana. Only known surviving copy by Fray Juan de Plasencia. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Circa 1590s.
Calungsod in SM Aura chapel, dedicated to him.About this person
Pedro Calungsod, also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, proselytized and converted the indigenous people of Guam, in some cases without consent, which led to both missionaries being martyred in 1672.
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