Lorenzo Ruiz

Lorenzo Ruiz (November 28, 1594 – September 29, 1637), also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, was a Filipino Catholic layman and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. 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. Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people.

Patron saint of 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