RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Lorenzo Ruiz

1600 - 1637

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Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino: Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila; Chinese: 李樂倫; Spanish: Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila; November 28, 1594 – September 29, 1637), also called Saint 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lorenzo Ruiz is the 827th most popular religious figure (up from 2,668th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 39th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Filipino Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Lorenzo Ruiz ranks 827 out of 3,187. Before him are Joanna, wife of Chuza, Antipope Philip, Nicholas of Flüe, Juan Vicente Pérez, John of Capistrano, and Thaddeus of Edessa. After him are Romuald, Justus, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Josephine Bakhita, Athenagoras of Athens, and Peter Faber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1600, Lorenzo Ruiz ranks 5. Before him are Charles I of England, Pope Clement IX, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, and Claude Lorrain. After him are Sawney Bean, Marie de Rohan, False Dmitry II, Nicolas Sanson, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Gabriel Naudé, and Cristóbal de Morales. Among people deceased in 1637, Lorenzo Ruiz ranks 4. Before him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, and Ben Jonson. After him are Christina of Lorraine, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Robert Fludd, Isaac Beeckman, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Péter Pázmány, and Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Lorenzo Ruiz ranks 15 out of 155. Before him are Fidel Ramos (1928), Corazon Aquino (1933), Joseph Estrada (1937), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), José Rizal (1861), and Sergio Osmeña (1878). After him are Paulino Alcántara (1896), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Jose P. Laurel (1891), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Ramon Magsaysay (1907), and Manuel Roxas (1892).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Philippines

Among religious figures born in Philippines, Lorenzo Ruiz ranks 2. Before him are Luis Antonio Tagle (1957). After him are Oscar Cruz (1934), Jaime Sin (1928), Jose Advincula (1952), Gaudencio Rosales (1932), Orlando Quevedo (1939), Wenceslao Padilla (1949), Gregorio Aglipay (1860), Ricardo Vidal (1931), Jose Tomas Sanchez (1920), and Rufino Santos (1908).

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