Google+Manila, Philippines – Devotees of Saint Pedro Calungsod will soon get hold of P50 commemorative bills with an image of the young Visayan martyr.
According to a Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) post, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will issue the limited edition commemorative bills bearing an image of the second Filipino saint before April.
Henrietta de Villa, secretary general of the National Commission on the Canonization of Calungsod, said the commemorative bills will help promote Saint Pedro to Filipinos. She said she has no idea yet as to how many pieces will be made but expressed hope for the bills to be in circulation not later than the feast day of Saint Pedro on April 2.
De Villa said the Monetary Board has also approved the release of commemorative medals in honor of
Calungsod.
by Christina I. Hermoso
(c. 1654 – 2 April 1672) was a young Roman Catholic Filipino migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist, who along with Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom on Guam for their missionary work in 1672. Through Calungsod and San Vitores' missionary efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism.
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