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(Lorenzo Ruiz on a stained-glass window in Cubao Cathedral)
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Father Ruiz was elevated to Sainthood and canonized by Pope John Paul II in Vatican City on October 18, 1987, making him the first Filipino saint and the first Filipino martyr.
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Prior to his death, Ruiz led a peaceful, religious and full of contentment life with his wife, two sons and a daughter.
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However, he was falsely accused of killing a Spaniard, thus he sought asylum and left for Japan on June 10, 1636 on board a ship with some Dominican Fathers and 

Fr. Domingo Gonzales.
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Their boat landed at Okinawa during the Tokugawa Shogunate's persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century. 
 Ruiz and his group were arrested and persecuted because of their Christian religion. They were brought to Nagazaki on July 10, 1636.
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February 18, 1981: Lorenzo Ruiz was beatified by Pope John Paul II