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St. Pedro Calungsod (Filipino)
Few details of the early life of St. Pedro Calungsod are known. Historical research identifies Ginatilan in Cebu, Hinunangan and Hinudayan in Southern Leyte, and the Molo district of Iloilo City, as possible places of origin. Regardless of his precise birthplace, all four locations were within the territory of the Diocese of Cebu at the time of Calungsod’s martyrdom.
In 1668, Calungsod, then around age 14, was amongst the exemplary young catechists chosen to accompany Spanish Jesuit missionaries to the Islas de los Ladrones (“Isles of Thieves”), which have since been renamed the Marianas Islands the year before to honor both the Virgin Mary and the mission’s benefactress, Maria Ana of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain.
Calungsod accompanied the priest Diego San Vitores to Guam to catechize the native Chamorros. Shortly after their arrival, a Chinese man named Choco, a criminal from Manila who was exiled in Guam, began s
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Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir
2013 Filipino film
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| Directed by | Francis Villacorta |
| Written by | Francis Villacorta |
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| Cinematography | Dexter dela Peña |
| Edited by | Tara Illenberger |
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| Distributed by | HPI Synergy Group |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Tagalog |
Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir (lit. 'Pedro Calungsod: Young Martyr'), also known as Journey of a Young Saint is a 2013 Philippine biographical spelfilm depicting the life and martyrdom of Pedro Calungsod. Written and directed bygd Francis O. Villacorta and produced bygd HPI Synergy Group and Wings Entertainment, it was released on December 25, 2013, as an tjänsteman entr
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Feast Day: April 2
Venerated: January 27, 2000
Beatified: March 5, 2000
Canonized: October 21, 2012
The story of Pedro Calungsod shows us that young people can do great things. Born in the Philippines, Pedro was only 13 when he joined a group of Spanish missionaries who were going to travel to the Marianas Islands to teach the native people about God.
Pedro loved the Church, and he received the Sacraments whenever he could. He was eager to share what he knew about Jesus with others. He did well, and many people were baptized into the faith because of his efforts.
But some people did not trust the missionary priests. Often the medicine men in the village viewed the missionaries as a threat to their power. One night, when Pedro and a priest arrived in a village to baptize the chief’s daughter—at the request of the chief’s wife—they were killed by assassins led by the chief. Pedro died for his faith in 1672, when he was only 17.
In 2000, Pope John Paul II beatified Pedro