Filipinos are excited about the canonization of Pedro Calungsod. Like Saint Sebastian, the Apostle St. Peter, he was persecuted for refusing to deny the Catholic faith. His life was short, but very intense. As a catechist and only a teenager he accompanied the Jesuit missionaries to the Marian Islands.
Many were converted as a result of his actions including the daughter of a tribal chief. As a result of that action he was executed by the girl's father. Martyred for the faith at the age of 18.
Pedro Calungsod can be considered to be the patron saint of young people in the Philippines.
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