Saint Pedro Calungsod (Latin: Petrus Calungsod, Italian: Pietro Calungsod) (July 21, 1654-April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Roman Catholic Filipino migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work in 1672.
While in Guam, Calungsod preached Christianity to the Chamorro people through catechism, while baptizing infants, children and adults at the risk and expense of being persecuted and eventually murdered. Through Calungsod and San Vitores' missionary efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism.
The bodies of both Father Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod were thrown into the sea at Tomhom, today known as Tumon.
Calungsod was formally beatified on March 5, 2000, by His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Calungsod was officially canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on October 21, 2012.
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See “Pedro Calungsod” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod
See also “Pedro Calungsod” at https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod
See also “Pedro Calungsod” by Eric Forbes at http://www.guampedia.com/pedro-calungsod/
See also “Diego Luis de San Vitores” at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154563154
See also “Pedro Calonsor Bissaya: Prospects of a Teenage Filipino” by Ildebrando Jesus Aliño Leyson. Philippines?: Claretian Publications, 1999. ISBN 9789715018340, 9715018343.
See also “Pedro Calungsod: Young Filipino Mission-Volunteer, Visayan 'Proto-Martyr,' Martyred at Tumhon, Guam, 2 April 1672” by Catalino G. Arévalo. Manila, Philippines: Office of Publications, Archdiocese of Manila, 1998-1999.
While in Guam, Calungsod preached Christianity to the Chamorro people through catechism, while baptizing infants, children and adults at the risk and expense of being persecuted and eventually murdered. Through Calungsod and San Vitores' missionary efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism.
The bodies of both Father Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod were thrown into the sea at Tomhom, today known as Tumon.
Calungsod was formally beatified on March 5, 2000, by His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Calungsod was officially canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on October 21, 2012.
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See “Pedro Calungsod” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod
See also “Pedro Calungsod” at https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod
See also “Pedro Calungsod” by Eric Forbes at http://www.guampedia.com/pedro-calungsod/
See also “Diego Luis de San Vitores” at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154563154
See also “Pedro Calonsor Bissaya: Prospects of a Teenage Filipino” by Ildebrando Jesus Aliño Leyson. Philippines?: Claretian Publications, 1999. ISBN 9789715018340, 9715018343.
See also “Pedro Calungsod: Young Filipino Mission-Volunteer, Visayan 'Proto-Martyr,' Martyred at Tumhon, Guam, 2 April 1672” by Catalino G. Arévalo. Manila, Philippines: Office of Publications, Archdiocese of Manila, 1998-1999.
Saint Pedro Calungsod (Latin: Petrus Calungsod, Italian: Pietro Calungsod) (July 21, 1654-April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Roman Catholic Filipino migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work in 1672.
While in Guam, Calungsod preached Christianity to the Chamorro people through catechism, while baptizing infants, children and adults at the risk and expense of being persecuted and eventually murdered. Through Calungsod and San Vitores' missionary efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism.
The bodies of both Father Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod were thrown into the sea at Tomhom, today known as Tumon.
Calungsod was formally beatified on March 5, 2000, by His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Calungsod was officially canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on October 21, 2012.
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See “Pedro Calungsod” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod
See also “Pedro Calungsod” at https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod
See also “Pedro Calungsod” by Eric Forbes at http://www.guampedia.com/pedro-calungsod/
See also “Diego Luis de San Vitores” at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154563154
See also “Pedro Calonsor Bissaya: Prospects of a Teenage Filipino” by Ildebrando Jesus Aliño Leyson. Philippines?: Claretian Publications, 1999. ISBN 9789715018340, 9715018343.
See also “Pedro Calungsod: Young Filipino Mission-Volunteer, Visayan 'Proto-Martyr,' Martyred at Tumhon, Guam, 2 April 1672” by Catalino G. Arévalo. Manila, Philippines: Office of Publications, Archdiocese of Manila, 1998-1999.
While in Guam, Calungsod preached Christianity to the Chamorro people through catechism, while baptizing infants, children and adults at the risk and expense of being persecuted and eventually murdered. Through Calungsod and San Vitores' missionary efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism.
The bodies of both Father Diego Luis de San Vitores and Pedro Calungsod were thrown into the sea at Tomhom, today known as Tumon.
Calungsod was formally beatified on March 5, 2000, by His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Calungsod was officially canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on October 21, 2012.
*****
See “Pedro Calungsod” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod
See also “Pedro Calungsod” at https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod
See also “Pedro Calungsod” by Eric Forbes at http://www.guampedia.com/pedro-calungsod/
See also “Diego Luis de San Vitores” at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154563154
See also “Pedro Calonsor Bissaya: Prospects of a Teenage Filipino” by Ildebrando Jesus Aliño Leyson. Philippines?: Claretian Publications, 1999. ISBN 9789715018340, 9715018343.
See also “Pedro Calungsod: Young Filipino Mission-Volunteer, Visayan 'Proto-Martyr,' Martyred at Tumhon, Guam, 2 April 1672” by Catalino G. Arévalo. Manila, Philippines: Office of Publications, Archdiocese of Manila, 1998-1999.
