Pedro Calungsod

c. 1654 – April 2, 1672
February 26th, 2012 by admin

Blessed Pedro Calungsod’s looks remain a mystery

CEBU CITY — No one really knows what Blessed Pedro Calungsod looked like, but the image chosen to represent him “is that of every man,” said a church official.

“Many people look like him,” said Msgr. Ildebrando Leyson, who has worked on the cause of sainthood for the Visayan catechist for more than a decade.

He told Sun.Star Cebu that he once overheard two boys who visited the Beato Pedro Calungsod Shrine telling each other that they looked like Visayan martyr. Read the rest of this entry

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