San Pedro Calungsod
SAN PEDRO CALUNGSOD
Pedro Calungsod was a 17th century teenage catechist of the Jesuit mission in the Marianas. On April 2, 1672 he was killed for his faith together with Bl. Diego San Luis Vitoris, SJ in Guam. The canonization process for Pedro Calungsod started on June 25, 1998. On March 5, 2000 he was declared a "beatus". On December 19, 2011 a miracle through his intercession was approved. The Holy Father has decreed that the canonization will be held in Rome on October 21, 2012.
The Life of A Martyr
"Calungsod" is a very native and descriptive Visayan family name. His family name is variously spelled in the different documents as "Calonsor," "Calongsor," "Calangsor," or "Calansor". His real family name must have been Calungsod . The variations of the spelling of Pedro's family name in the documents may have been due to the Spanish authors' inability to accurately hear a Filipino name.
Today, it is not easy to trace the place of origin of the "Calungsod" families. The name can be found in different parts of the Philippines. However, the "Calungsod" families are most numerious in the Visayan towns of Ginatilan in Cebu, Hinundayan and Hinunangan in southern Leyte, and in the Molo district of Iloilo City in Panay.
His baptismal record cannot be found. Most, if not all the baptismal records of the 17th century in the Visayas have been destroyed by fires, typhoons or termites.
The only source of information about him are found in the documents on the martyrdom of P. Diego Luis San Vitores, SJ.
In these documents we know for sure that Calungsod was Padre Diego's faithful assistant in the mission, a "catechist".
He was praised because "he merited the happiness of accompanying the Venerable Padre in his death" ("merecio la dicha de acompanar al Venerable Padre en su muerte").
The Martyrdom Pedro Calungsod may only have been in his early
Pedro Calungsod was a 17th century teenage catechist of the Jesuit mission in the Marianas. On April 2, 1672 he was killed for his faith together with Bl. Diego San Luis Vitoris, SJ in Guam. The canonization process for Pedro Calungsod started on June 25, 1998. On March 5, 2000 he was declared a "beatus". On December 19, 2011 a miracle through his intercession was approved. The Holy Father has decreed that the canonization will be held in Rome on October 21, 2012.
The Life of A Martyr
"Calungsod" is a very native and descriptive Visayan family name. His family name is variously spelled in the different documents as "Calonsor," "Calongsor," "Calangsor," or "Calansor". His real family name must have been Calungsod . The variations of the spelling of Pedro's family name in the documents may have been due to the Spanish authors' inability to accurately hear a Filipino name.
Today, it is not easy to trace the place of origin of the "Calungsod" families. The name can be found in different parts of the Philippines. However, the "Calungsod" families are most numerious in the Visayan towns of Ginatilan in Cebu, Hinundayan and Hinunangan in southern Leyte, and in the Molo district of Iloilo City in Panay.
His baptismal record cannot be found. Most, if not all the baptismal records of the 17th century in the Visayas have been destroyed by fires, typhoons or termites.
The only source of information about him are found in the documents on the martyrdom of P. Diego Luis San Vitores, SJ.
In these documents we know for sure that Calungsod was Padre Diego's faithful assistant in the mission, a "catechist".
He was praised because "he merited the happiness of accompanying the Venerable Padre in his death" ("merecio la dicha de acompanar al Venerable Padre en su muerte").
The Martyrdom Pedro Calungsod may only have been in his early