PAINTING OF BLESSED PEDRO CALUNGSOD

12 Nov 2017

By The Record

A painting of Blessed Pedro Calungsod shows him holding a palm frond. The young missionary catechist from Cebu, Philippines, was martyred the day before Palm Sunday in 1672 in Guam. He will become the second saint from the Philippines when he is canonized Oct. 21. (CNS photo/courtesy of Cebu Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod) (Aug. 14, 2012) See PROFILE-CALUNGSOD Aug. 14, 2012.