Lorenzo Ruiz

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Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino: Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila; simplified Chinese: 李乐伦; traditional Chinese: 李樂倫; Spanish: Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila; 28 November 1594 – 29 September, 1637), also called 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.

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