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Saint Lorenzo Ruiz

Oxon Hill, Maryland
· First Filipino Saint
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Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, was born in Binondo, Manila, Philippines, in 1600[?] and died for the faith in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1637. His witness is captured in the words, “I shall die for God, And for Him I will give many thousands of lives if I had them.”
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